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Microphone Mute as default, need help
Hey, i am having this problem that i cant get any sound when i speak into my
microphone. when i was running XP it worked, no problems. then i switched to Vista, and all hell broke lose.. i have been reading about this problem all over the interenet. iam not a alone. well what i came up with is this: The recording device is muted from default. well all fine. if i could go in and change it... I CANT. this is how it should look. http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Que...&RenderKey=XML this is how it does look at me http://peecee.dk/uploads/072008/Vist..._big_thumb.jpg What can i do to get it to work? |
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Microphone Mute as default, need help
If you search "Vista mutes mic" you'll find a lot of people are having the problem. Not sure whether it was a recent update that is causing it or what. I use both the laptop mic and the a headset mic depending on where I am and find there is some "remembered" settings between Skype and Vista that mute the mic if Skype (or whatever application I am using the mic with) is live as I change from laptop mic to a headset mic. To fix it I did the following. 1. In the application you wish to use the mic with choose the "Windows Default" setting for speakers and mic. Do not check anything similar to "Let this application adjust audio settings" 2. Close the application completely. 3. Open Sound control panel. 4. Choose "Recording". 5. Right click on the mic you are using (computer or headset mic), uncheck "show disabled devices" and click "show disconnected devices". 6. If the mic you want is not set as default (the one with the checkmark), select it as default. 7. Highlight it and choose Properties. 8. Choose the Advanced tab and select Restore Defaults. That should check both boxes for "Allow applications to take exclusive control" and "Give exclusive mode applications priority". 9. Choose the Levels tab and uncheck the mute effect on the speaker to the right of the microphone volume slider. Then set the volume and boost where you want it. 10. Check OK for the Recording window and OK for the Sound window. 11. Reopen the application you wanted to use the mic with and test it. Hope that worked. -- cyberbiker -hp tx2000z laptop, vista home premium 64 sp1, amd turion 64 x2 tl-68 2.4ghz, nvidia geforce go 6150, 4gb transcend 667mhz ram, 8 cell battery.- |
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Microphone Mute as default, need help
..... well you just aswered what evry one else have said, over and over again,
in all of the other topics.. so no that did not help. please read what i said again, my problem is defirent. i dont have the "umute option under levels...." "cyberbiker" wrote: If you search "Vista mutes mic" you'll find a lot of people are having the problem. Not sure whether it was a recent update that is causing it or what. I use both the laptop mic and the a headset mic depending on where I am and find there is some "remembered" settings between Skype and Vista that mute the mic if Skype (or whatever application I am using the mic with) is live as I change from laptop mic to a headset mic. To fix it I did the following. 1. In the application you wish to use the mic with choose the "Windows Default" setting for speakers and mic. Do not check anything similar to "Let this application adjust audio settings" 2. Close the application completely. 3. Open Sound control panel. 4. Choose "Recording". 5. Right click on the mic you are using (computer or headset mic), uncheck "show disabled devices" and click "show disconnected devices". 6. If the mic you want is not set as default (the one with the checkmark), select it as default. 7. Highlight it and choose Properties. 8. Choose the Advanced tab and select Restore Defaults. That should check both boxes for "Allow applications to take exclusive control" and "Give exclusive mode applications priority". 9. Choose the Levels tab and uncheck the mute effect on the speaker to the right of the microphone volume slider. Then set the volume and boost where you want it. 10. Check OK for the Recording window and OK for the Sound window. 11. Reopen the application you wanted to use the mic with and test it. Hope that worked. -- cyberbiker -hp tx2000z laptop, vista home premium 64 sp1, amd turion 64 x2 tl-68 2.4ghz, nvidia geforce go 6150, 4gb transcend 667mhz ram, 8 cell battery.- |
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Microphone Mute as default, need help
What version of Vista are you using? Mine looks like yours. I think yours is the Vista 64 view. In order to make the laptop mic remain unmuted, I needed to mute the headset mic first. Then change the laptop mic to the default mic. Same with the speakers. All this was automatic with XPand for a while in Vista 64 Home Premium SP!; but some update seems to have screwed the automatic capability up. Pain in the tail. If I go through the drill each time you switch between laptop & headset, the sound and mics work properly. -- cyberbiker -hp tx2000z laptop, vista home premium 64 sp1, amd turion 64 x2 tl-68 2.4ghz, nvidia geforce go 6150, 4gb transcend 667mhz ram, 8 cell battery.- |
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Microphone Mute as default, need help
Problem solved. Learned a lesson a few minutes ago. My speaker and mic drivers are Realtec. The last HP update for them was Jan08. I went to 'Realtek' (http://www.realtek.com/downloads) , and downloaded the HD Audio Codec Driver current package for Vista (R1.97). It fixed all the mic and speaker problems that were caused by an earlier version. Now the mic and speakers switch automatically as I plug in a headset with all my recording software.arty: The computer manufacturers don't have time to keep up with software updates (at least not HP) so they fall way behind. -- cyberbiker -hp tx2000z laptop, vista home premium 64 sp1, amd turion 64 x2 tl-68 2.4ghz, nvidia geforce go 6150, 4gb transcend 667mhz ram, 8 cell battery.- |