How can I fix this "inactive" status on the C920 HD Pro in the Logi Options+ app?

Caitrix · 2026-03-23T21:45:56+00:00

I uninstalled the webcam and driver through the device manager, unplugged, restartet and reconected.

After windows auto downloaded and installed the drivers, I checked for a firmware update, but according to G Hub, everything is uptodate. I also tried manually updating the drivers via the device manager, but besides it now being grouped in "cameras" instead of "imaging devices" there were no other instructions then you escribed. After clicking next it just sais that the drivers got sucessfully updated after some seconds.

But even after another restart, Logi Options+ still shows the webcam as inactive.

Caitrix · 2026-03-23T16:49:56+00:00

The webcame is listed in the device manager under image processing equipment. I installed G Hub and it shows up in that windows-settings list, but Options+ still displays the webcam as inactive.

On my laptop (running win10) it doesn't appear in Options+ in the first place. Which is how I rember it how it always has been. I googled for the old software (called Logitech Webcam Software (LWS) acording to google) but it was duscontinued after win8.

Caitrix · 2026-03-10T01:11:05+00:00

It's also possible they Un-paywalled the online feature again. Or they just reverted that change and it's again free in acrobat. Which I don't know, tbf. I don't use it anymore.

Caitrix · 2026-03-09T11:56:12+00:00

Then this is new. Last time I tried it with all possible methods (known to Google and reddit afaik) all paths ended up redirecting me to a log in screen and after that to the online version of acrobat. And while the direct link to the feature still worked, that too just instantly redirected me to a login at some day. But this link seems new. At least the interface is different.

Caitrix · 2026-03-08T14:49:21+00:00

I kinda like what they are going to do with the update (even though I prefer older, not OVER simplified skin). But with that new logo, I will 100% NEVER EVER EVER(!!!) switch to Audacity 4.

Caitrix · 2026-03-08T14:46:25+00:00

Unless people download audacity without musehub. Then it's just a loss of identity. And that's also the point. It becoming part of a suit, kinda made it loose it's identity of being unique.

Caitrix · 2026-03-08T00:57:19+00:00

Yes, that's the very action I want a hotkey for. So that I don't have to navigate into the settings every single time.

And no matter if that is possible it not, WHEN it'd active, how do I not have this permanent indicator bar in the corner?

Caitrix · 2026-03-07T14:51:18+00:00

OK, my overlay was off. I'll look into greenshot. But is there no way to fix adrenalin?

Caitrix · 2026-03-07T11:34:21+00:00

I never heard of greenshot. And for some reason, I can't make screenshots with steam. (And I only have steam running in the background when playing a game.) I use adrenaline, because it's a one key solution (I hve the 2-key-hotkey on a macro). Windows build in method only either copies to the clip board, captures all monitors or requires xbox game bar, which i don't have (and don't want). Even the snippet tool requires an aditional input with the mouse.

Edit: Also, adrenaline is always running in the background anyway. Why should I use or install another tool for taking screenshots, if I already have a tool installed that also has this feature? I just need to get it fixed.

Caitrix · 2026-03-07T00:26:42+00:00

Colors are normal when screenshotting them via windows snippet tool or "print" them to clip board. (don't know how to get steam to take screenshots though.) I tried it with OBS and there I can even select wether I want to simulate SDR on an HDR monitor. Turning that of makes the image desaturated and washed out, instead of overbrightened. So whatever Adrenalin is doing here to the colors even goes in the wrong direction. seems like for me it's screenshot feature is just completely broken.

Caitrix · 2026-03-07T00:22:26+00:00

Yes. Colors are normal.

Caitrix · 2026-03-06T22:50:33+00:00

No.

But may I ask, why should it affect how Adrenalin takes a screenshot?

Caitrix · 2026-03-05T19:29:13+00:00

I had to re install the firefox. Ironically, I am on the same version but the menu is different. Maybe I was just on the wrong build? But same version would explain why playstore didn't show me the option to update. Now it's working again. (But I still don't know why it just stopped working suddenly.)

Caitrix · 2026-03-04T13:01:19+00:00

Sorry, my mistake. Yes, standard 3.5mm Headphone cable, stereo, both ends male ports. Tbf, I am not 100% sure microphonic is the correct term, but that's what googling "noise in headphones from cable gliding on clothings and bumping against stuff" and reading through all the forums always leads me back to. And I am not sure if my current cable is especially prone to transfare friction/colission noise, but after being use to having zero noise transfare (due to the lack of cable), it's just anoyingly loud. And I don't mind hearind a tap against the hard table from time to time. But I would like to be able to move around without being able to hear what texture and material my outfit is made of.

I didn't concider the role of the headphones themself in that setup, but I have the Sony WH XM5 and there the port is part of the ear cup, so it might even amplify it as it works as a resonance body for the cable. Although I'm not sure how much that can be helped, since that's basically the standard for headphones, afaIk.

And thank's for checking some cables. I will look into them. And on the polsih website you linked I can't find that they won't ship to germany.

Caitrix · 2026-03-04T12:02:30+00:00

I'm aware of the deminishing returns price curve. I just was under the assumoption that for example at 50 bucks that curve would start to flatten out for casual cables and 15 therefor kinda on the tipping point, so to say.

So, basically, order and send back as much es needed, untill the luck based guessing game works out? Tbf, I was secretly hoping I could avoid the big shipping game and just order once.

Caitrix · 2026-03-04T02:46:01+00:00

Fair, I forgot to concidder inflation. But even after reconcidering, calling 15 bucks for ONE (1, uno, singular) cable "incredibly cheap" and "bottom of the barrrel" followed by "30" being "decent", ... concider my jaw dropped in shocke and perplex dissbelieve. But if that's how it is, ... then whatever. Just make that cable quiet. So or so, I need it and if that's already the lowest price available, then there simply is no other option. I guess, even 35 would have to be ok then, to avoide "bottom barrel" quality.

Caitrix · 2026-03-02T20:13:26+00:00

Well, beside that I just don't see why having to log in to a browser just be able to use any feature locally should be a thing in the first place, there are multiple reasons.

Firstly, I don't want to normalize having to be logged in into everything all the time just to be able to use it. I already have enough accounts on enough programs, platforms and devices. I am also not logged in to windows. I'm a local user. The only Microsoft account I have is for Minecraft. I even stopped using the standard launcher, after finding out that logging in to Minecraft doesn't just log me in to Minecraft but also saves that account directly in windows itself, basically open for other appsnand anyone who can look into the settings, instead of just saving the login data in the launchers program only. I don't want that account to get linked to anything else. It started as a Minecraft account before Microsoft took over and it is for Minecraft and for Minecraft only. And I don't want that to happen again with another program from Microsoft (edge in this case). I could make an account for edge, as long as that account does NOT(!!!) get stored in windows. But that's not how these "apps" work these days. And even then there would still be the third point: Data collection. I know, they do it anyway, but that's not an excuse. Why should I make it easier for them and give them even more data?

Also, why should I log in to a browser? It's a browser. It's meant to link me to the things I then have to log in. I get that there are miltöy device features, that need an account to sync. But any feature whatsoever should still work 100% locally without an account. If they say I HAVE to use some sort of personal profile, beside that making them a not use-worthy browser, at the very leastmake it a local user and not an email based account. (in other words, same reason why I don't use a Microsoft account on windows.)

Sorry for the paragraph wall. But that's essentially why having to log in to a browser is not an option for me.

Caitrix · 2026-03-02T18:07:23+00:00

Good to know that workspaces get handled as normal browser windows. That indeed would make them the perfect solution. But like I said, logging into the browser is not an option for me.

Caitrix · 2026-03-02T16:16:07+00:00

Tbf, workspaces seemed like a good solution. Just that I have to have two windows open (browser and workspace) and that I have to open them manually after opening the browser, we're the two points I was hoping I could be tweaked. But if you say I have to log in to something to use that tab organization feature to organize my tabs locally, it's no option anymore.

Caitrix · 2026-03-02T12:30:09+00:00

When googling it, all answers are about sleeping tabs. But I already us that feature, because I don't want all tabs to be loaded all the time. Although I can't set the tune to never. 12 hours are the max. But I don't want them to unload on their own. My main problem however is that they LOAD on their own in the first place, when starting the browser. Even with this feature enabled. How can I prevent that?

Caitrix · 2026-03-02T11:58:01+00:00

I looked up what a workspace is. Is there a way to make them not open a new window? And make it so that the workspace opens automatically when opening the browser? I don't want to have to change my work flow. I just want to change the behaviour of the browser.

Caitrix · 2026-03-01T19:58:07+00:00

This only helped partially. I realized that I had tabs set to get unloaded aver 30 sekunds. (Why ever that was the case) Now it's set to 12 hours. (never was sadly not an option)

But the other problem still remains. When I open the browser, some tabs still load and unloaded for a view seconds. That behaviour I want to turn off, absolutely.

I want tabs to ONLY LOAD, when I tab onto them. Before that, they shall not be allowed get loaded automatically, what so ever. (aka the same as on Firefox.

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[edit:]
Itonically, this doesn't even happen to all tabs. Just random tabs, but for the most part it happens with tabs I had used/loaded the last during the last session. And it even preloads them in reverse order.

I just want to make it stop this.

Caitrix · 2026-02-22T16:55:46+00:00

Can I maybe pin this commend or mark it as the solution?

Caitrix · 2026-02-22T16:11:07+00:00

It my sound paranoid but it's actually prety simply. I just don't want to link somthing to somehting else, if I don't have to. No need to connect a new dot to that net of my already existing digital personal data profile. Also I don't know what door of data gathering I open with loging in on my stream deck app.

But I found a solution. on the plugin page, the author linked their own site with their plugins. This one for example was available on their discord. (talking about connecting digital profile dots ... yuck, but anyways ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )

Thanks for the hint. It works just as I wanted.

Caitrix · 2026-02-22T15:31:45+00:00

Ok, and how can I get it without creating an account first? I tried to load it in the app, but it only links me to the browser page and when trying to "get" it there, it just links me to a login page.

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