Realtek(R) Audio, Microphone stopped working since the last update, it says "not plugged in"

[Johan Fuentes]

I've been with this problem since 2 weeks ago, after installing Realtek drivers in Windows Update, my microphone suddenly stopped working, so I decided to search for solutions online, first I tried the troubleshooter, it didn't work, I tried a lot of possible solutions, but at the end, I just tried to install Realtek HD Audio Driver R2.81 and it worked, my microphone was detected, today other new drivers were automatically installed through Windows Update, my microphone stopped working again and it said "Not plugged in" like last time, I tried the same solution of installing the R2.81 drivers

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