10-29-2007
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#9 (permalink)
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RE: Microphone doesn't work when plugged in
"Eugene" wrote: Quote:
> This is not the problem. Somewhere internally vista has set itself not to use
> the mic. I have the same issue, and it occurred when I made the mistake of
> telling it not to prompt me every time I plugged in the mic.
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> Can someone please help. I need to be able to use a headset for skype, and
> if I cannot find a solution I'm going to have to remove vista, and go back to
> an older OS.
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> "Joe" wrote:
> Quote:
> > you have onboard audio or an added card? make sure you ahve the right audio
> > device selected in the cotnrol panel for both input and output. also make
> > sure you have the right driver (it soudns like you dont have one installed
> > for your audio device, thats what that pop up is).. ive never had a prompt
> > come up on any computer ever when you plug in a 1/8th inch plug to an audio
> > card... they simply cant detect it, unless some wild new card has come out in
> > the last 30 days i dont know about.
> >
> > "cauliflower" wrote:
> > Quote:
> > > When I plug in my headset (earpieces and microphone), it usually asks me to
> > > select "microphone" as my choice for the plugged in device. Earlier today, I
> > > hit "do not ask me this again" because I thought that it would accept that
> > > the only thing I ever plug into that port (the red part of the red/green
> > > audio section). What I wanted was to not be asked to choose every
> > > time....that I always wanted to select microphone. But now it's not asking
> > > me anything, and the microphone is not working. I've done all the microphone
> > > troubleshooting things...but can't figure out how to get the computer to
> > > start asking me again what device I want to use every time I plug in the
> > > headset. Any ideas?
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