However, often after just an hour or so, I am able to connect. I've cleared the history, logged out and in, restarted the computer, and nothing works. This has happened with several different zoom meetings hosted by different people, so it's not just the I thought maybe the other party had not yet updated, but after checking, we're both running the same version, no updates available. This happens most frequently after an update, interestingly enough. When I go to join the meeting (which I join 4 times a week), rather than listing the name of the meeting in the history as is normal, it just says 'Zoom Meeting' with the correct Zoom ID following it. It's not caps lock, since I can connect from the browser using the same computer/keyboard.

In Notepad, as a test, you can also re-type the passcode below the pasted copy to ensure your keystrokes are coming out as expected - before typing into Zoom. It should be noted that the password is 1 character long (not very secure, I know, but it's a meeting open for the general public), so I am not getting the password wrong. The default font in Notepad should allow you to see any differing characters more clearly. However, I cannot connect using the windows app. I can connect from my phone app just fine, or from the browser directly.

Zoom test meeting password