Vista - MIcrophone's wont work. "Audio not working properly"?

Venter127 · 06-23-2009

Im trying to get an audio chat working with a friend of mine in Windows Live messenger, but none of my mic's work. I have 2, and neither one works at all. When I try to set them up in the "audio recognition" in the control panel, the wizard wont start, and it says to make sure my audio hardware is working properly, but everything seems to be in working order.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

**MrNeeds** · 06-23-2009

Quote: Originally Posted by Venter127

Im trying to get an audio chat working with a friend of mine in Windows Live messenger, but none of my mic's work. I have 2, and neither one works at all. When I try to set them up in the "audio recognition" in the control panel, the wizard wont start, and it says to make sure my audio hardware is working properly, but everything seems to be in working order.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

if you right click your audio icon in the taskbar, and select recording devices, this window will show up.

make sure your microphone is selected as a default device and the microphone itself is plugged into the "red" jack on your computer

06-23-2009	#1 (permalink)
Venter127 Vista home premium 32bit 1 posts	MIcrophone's wont work. "Audio not working properly"? Im trying to get an audio chat working with a friend of mine in Windows Live messenger, but none of my mic's work. I have 2, and neither one works at all. When I try to set them up in the "audio recognition" in the control panel, the wizard wont start, and it says to make sure my audio hardware is working properly, but everything seems to be in working order. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
My System Specs

06-23-2009	#2 (permalink)
MrNeeds Vista Home Premium x64 1,179 posts	Re: MIcrophone's wont work. "Audio not working properly"? Quote: Originally Posted by Venter127 Im trying to get an audio chat working with a friend of mine in Windows Live messenger, but none of my mic's work. I have 2, and neither one works at all. When I try to set them up in the "audio recognition" in the control panel, the wizard wont start, and it says to make sure my audio hardware is working properly, but everything seems to be in working order. Any help would be greatly appreciated. if you right click your audio icon in the taskbar, and select recording devices, this window will show up. make sure your microphone is selected as a default device and the microphone itself is plugged into the "red" jack on your computer
My System Specs

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