Microphone works only in Windows Vista

We have windows vista and our microphone does not work... can you help?

Hi Dumbanddumber,

Here are the troubleshooting steps you have to try to solve your problem.

-Click on start > Panel > switch to Classic view > sound > recording tab > make right click in the empty space below the recording device select > devices see the disabled > if the microphone is disabled enable it

-Try to restart the computer and let Windows Vista again detects your sound card again.

S ' ensure that you have installed the latest compatible audio drivers Windows Vista version, if not we strongly recommend to download the latest audio driver for your Web site to computer manufacturers for your sound card or onboard audio chipset.

-Plug the microphone of your sound card / audio card mother (usually pink in color for micro) pine

-After this, go to control panel > sounds and Audio devices settings. Check to see if the microphone is detected by Vista. If this is not the case, check if you have selected microphone front or rear, as vista acknowledges their separately unlike windows XP. Correct the configuration of the microphone rear if necessary.

-Check if the device is working properly by testing it on the other computer.

-The microphone worked fine before and if if remember when you make changes to your computer before the onset of the problem?
 
In this case restore us your computer to an earlier date when things worked very well.

Manual steps to restore the registry in Windows Vista:

1. on start , type systempropertiesprotection in the search box and press
Come in.

If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type
password, or click on allow.

2. in the Properties dialog box system on the System Protection tab, click System Restore.

3. in the System Restore dialog box, select choose another restore point and then click Next

4. Select the restore point that you want to use, and then click Next.

5 confirm your restore point and then click Finish System Restore restores the selected Windows Vista configuration and then restarts the computer.

6. log on the computer. When the restoration of the system of confirmation page appears, click OK.

Hope that helps, please post back and let us know if it worked for you.

Anthony
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