Microphone (mic) does not work with windows vista

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Problem: It is a very commonly faced problem that microphone does not work, or not detected properly with Microsoft windows viata.

Solution: First of all find the latest version of the audio driver which is compatible to vista, as most of the drivers that are shipped with sound-card or motherboard cd contain drivers which have support for only until windows Xp.

So it is strongly recommended to download the latest audio driver from the internet for your sound-card or on board audio chipset. Install the vista compatible audio driver (sound driver) for your sound-card or motherboard audio. After this re-start your computer. Half of the work is done.

Now plug in the microphone in your sound-card / motherboard audio pin (generally pink in color for microphone).

After this go to control panel > sound and audio device settings. Check whether the microphone is detected by Vista or not. If not, check whether you have selected the frontal microphone or rear, as vista recognizes them separately unlike windows Xp. Correct the configuration of front/rear mic if needed.

The job is done now. Hope this solves your microphone trouble if not please leave a comment.


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INFINITY EAGLE says, January 26th, 2008   

Microphone problems with Vista. I could not get my head set mic to be detected,in the front or rear microphone jacks, downloaded new drivers, checked everything and finally got it going by using an USB adapter(connects the two 1/8 plugs to one USB port), same headset that could not be detected now works just fine

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jnmurty says, March 23rd, 2008   

My OS is Windows Vista. I get a message ” no audio device is
installed “. The microphone is not working. I listen the voice from other side. Please resolve this.

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Chris Duryea says, April 18th, 2008   

I have the same problem–Vista refuses the believe a microphone is plugged in (it is). I uninstalled the old sound driver (realtek) and downloaded the new version, for Vista, installed and restarted. no change.

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Alex says, May 9th, 2008   

I have a slightly differnt problem. My microphone works but only when i use voice chat like skype. If i play a game and i am on Vent it gives nothing but horrable feed back!

It worked fine on XP but not vista ultimate 64 bit. I have updated everything and i am still unsure of what to do.. if any of you have an idea e-mail me at anmonte2001@yahoo.com

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Microphone Volume Low or Mic Not Working in windows - TroubleFixers - All about fixing computer troubles says, September 12th, 2008   

[...] have covered microphone related problems with Windows Vista in this article, but now lets look at it from a generic way. So we will cover three things [...]

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sam says, September 20th, 2008   

i have the same problem. i’ve been trying everything for 3 days now but NOTHING!

i have two mic’s plugged, one in the front, one in the rear and Microsoft vista does not recognize any of them as installed. i’ve uninstalled and reinstalled the realtek/manufacture drivers countless times but Microsoft HD audio keeps installing itself automatically and of course no mic is detected. speakers work fine.

HELP!!

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Whitney says, October 1st, 2008   

Ok, so my computer (Vista) will detect my microphone but it says it is muted. I have tried everything I can think of to un-mute it! What is going on?? Skype tells me the same thing - that my mike is muted. Any suggestions? By the way, I got skype to work for one phone call, so I know that it was operating properly at one point.

Thanks!

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