I play world of warcraft and use a program called ventrilo to talk with other players. the problem I have is my game sounds can be heard

I play world of warcraft and use a program called ventrilo to talk with other players. the problem I have is my game sounds can be heard.
Vista makes my headphones 'speakers', so when I use a program called ventrilo to talk with other players in my game sounds are heard through ventrilo. My headset is a headset/microphone generic plug-and-play.

When I run not WoW, I can hear my own voice through the headset speakers when I talk.

I want my headphones to work so I can hear my friends talking and the sounds of the game, but I don't want the game sounds to be filtered on the server for voice chat

Any help would be much appreciated. I asked the same question to Geek Squad and their response has been to try to charge me $49.99 + tax for one of their "agents" can remote in and fix it. Do not use them unless you have: P

Hey CassiusVa,

Welcome to the Microsoft Answers Forum!

Since when are you facing the issue?

Can I know the version of Ventrilo you use on your computer?

It may be that World of Warcraft focuses on your audio hardware.  You can try to reduce the audio settings in WoW to see if this makes the use of Ventrilo better.  It may also be a driver problem.  I would check to make sure that you have the latest drivers for your audio device.

Use the following steps to ensure that the audio drivers are up to date.

1. connect to the Internet.

2. click on start and enter the Device Manager in the start search field.

3. click on the plus sign next to sound, video and game controllers.

4. right click on the name of the sound material and select software update of the driver...

5. click on search automatically for a driver updated and wait for Windows to update the driver software.

6 Windows checks a remote Web site to see if the update of the driver software is available.

* If an update is available, let Windows install the update.

* If an update is not available, proceed to the next step.

7. once the update is successfully installed, test the microphone.

Please follow the steps below and check if you still have questions echo.

Go into Ventrilo Setup and select mixer for the sound card, which will be the audio input (as determined by the "Input device" option) device. This will populate the Mux and line options. Normally it would take only a Mux. It is possible that you may have many options of the line. Go ahead and select "Microphone" or anything that is appropriate for the input line and then click OK.

This should solve the problem.

Please note that you select mixer, mux and line will allow the "Hardware Volume" slider This gives you the control hardware on the audio input signal and is the best way to control how strong you are. Setting the cursor to halfway better seems to work for most people, but it will be hardware and system load.

You can also browse the links for more information on ventrilo and try to contact them if the problem persists.

http://www.Ventrilo.com/FAQ.php

http://www.Ventrilo.com/about.php

http://www.Ventrilo.com/dlprod.php?id=1

Let us know how it works.

Kind regards
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