Vista - Why cannot I use my microphone?

Why cannot I use my microphone in Vista? It works in XP on same PC. I would
like to control my pc by voice

"cn" <cnuse@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ACC6A183-E8F3-497B-A441-E2642BD841FF@microsoft.com...
> Why cannot I use my microphone in Vista? It works in XP on same PC. I
> would like to control my pc by voice

Have you contacted the manufacturer of the microphone and inquired as to
compatibility with Vista? Appropriate drivers? As has been posted once or
twice, Microsoft makes the operating system, and any third-party, whether
hardware or software, is responsible to ensure that their product functions
with the operating system.

Have you run through the microphone setup in the Control Panel? I found that
I had to click on 'Microphone Boost' in Microphone Properties/ Custom before
I could be heard.

"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote:

>
> "cn" <cnuse@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ACC6A183-E8F3-497B-A441-E2642BD841FF@microsoft.com...
> > Why cannot I use my microphone in Vista? It works in XP on same PC. I
> > would like to control my pc by voice
>
> Have you contacted the manufacturer of the microphone and inquired as to
> compatibility with Vista? Appropriate drivers? As has been posted once or
> twice, Microsoft makes the operating system, and any third-party, whether
> hardware or software, is responsible to ensure that their product functions
> with the operating system.
>
>
>