its ok ...my problem seems to be a difficult one

befor u giveup try this
goto audio setting in control panal
click the voice
click the micrpone icon
select micrphon
i hope it work i had the same problem too

it's ok it's fixed now

Would you mind telling us how you fixed it?

i just called the computer repair man..he was fixing something else on my computer and he fixed the mic...dunno how exactly..but i think we was fiddling around with the settings volume and all and it worked

Hey, I had similar problems when trying to use a mic to chat over msn......all I did was go to the volume icon on the bottom right of my screen. If the mic control for volume isnt up go to options, properties. Playback should be clicked on already.....in the field below find mic or microphone and click the box next to it, then ok. Now you should see mic volume control with the rest. You want to make sure that the mute box "has" a check in it. After you do this go back to options and properties. This time instead of playback click on recording, and again in the field below find mic or microphone and check the box next to it. Then hit ok. In the top right the name should then have changed from Volume Control to Recording Control. Under the mic volume controls now, instead of having a "mute" box you should have a "select" box. You want to make sure this box is also checked. Then just hit the [x] in the top right to close it. Doing this fixed my mic problem. Just so you know im still running windows 98 so not sure if this will work for all operating systems, but I dont see why it wouldnt. Anyways good luck.

thanks for telling me ...i'll be sure to keep it in mind if i have this problem again

Hey, I had a similar problem with my mic. I don't know exactly how I fixed it, but I got it to work. However, now my computer records whatever sounds are being played. IE: if I have music playing it will record that too. Even if I unplug my mic, it still records whatever is playing. Any ideas would be great :mrgreen:

well...i googled mic problems and i found this site....i read all the solutioins and tried myself...but nothing seemed to work!!??....any1 plz help???

its simple. but we never ever imagine tat tis cud hv created t prob... double click on t sound icon at t taskbar.. click advanced button under t front speaker control.. unselect magic 5.1 enable.....

nw does ur mic work.. it should.. we wud hv clicked on t magic 5.1 sumtime back and forgot it... unselecting wil make t mic work...