My microphone is plugged in but wont even show

[substantian]

Hello, I have plugged in my microphone and then i go and check to see if its working, but its not even in the recording section of the sound board, and i have checked on other computers to see if it works and it does, and i went to see if the drivers are up to date and it says this

Windows cannot verify the digital signature for the drivers required for this device. A recent hardware or software change might have installed a file that is signed incorrectly or damaged, or that might be malicious software from an unknown source. (Code 52)

so my first reaction was to check drivers and update but this just uses windows drivers so its all up to date, and then i decided to do a system restore and that didn't work so now i'm at a loss and i don't wanna go start deleting stuff and then break even more things.

Note: this all happened after a power outage, it was fine before it and after this is what i got

 

[richc46]

A power outage can cause a lot of problems. The most serious is Hard Drive corruption, which is not the case here.
Go into clean boot and then try to install the mike
Troubleshoot Application Conflicts by Performing a Clean Startup - Windows 7 Help Forums
Works the same with Vista and Seven

 

[substantian]

I did this and even when everything was disabled it still doesn't work but Thank you for trying

 

[richc46]

Try an SFC command. If it finds errors that it cannot fix, run the SFC 3 times
Boot
If you still not work, let us know. We can get you a free Vista install DVD. You will make a repair install. You should not lose your stuff.
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/66978-system-files-sfc-command.html

 

[substantian]

I have windows 7 is this going to work the same way?

 

[richc46]

Yes it works the same.
May I suggest that if my solution does not work. Register in our 7 Forum. You would get help more appropriate for your OS.
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