Solved Microphone No Longer Working

chome4

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Installed the latest version of Skype and used it happily. However, everytime the pc is restarted/awoken from hibernation, I have to go into Skype's setup and choose the microphone device to get it to work.

I went to Control Panel and basically tried to remove and then put back references to the Microphone with the result of me now not having a responding mic!

I tried adding a new device but the detection part of this just sat there and did nothing.

Is there a guide to doing a 'clean' install of the microphone?

The speaker's working fine, by the way.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell Inspiron
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit
CPU
Intel
Memory
4GB
The first place to look rather then trying to remove and then reinstall would be in the Control Panel>Sound"Recording area where you can set the default device as well as run the configuration wizard.

The other thing that can be a larger help when first coming out of sleep or the hibernation mode is simply seeing a full system restart to refresh all drivers and devices. The main problem with any device or drivers is simply remaining inactive after restoring the desktop from either of those two modes.
 

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    AMD Phenom II X4 975 Deneb 3.6ghz - 965 2nd remote pc
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    Kingston Hyper X Fury 8gb
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    Realtek onooard Creative or Other separate PENDING
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    WD 500GB OS Host/Boot WD Green 1TB Storage/Backup
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    Corsair 600W - THERMALTAKE 600W spare case
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The first place to look rather then trying to remove and then reinstall would be in the Control Panel>Sound"Recording area where you can set the default device as well as run the configuration wizard.

The other thing that can be a larger help when first coming out of sleep or the hibernation mode is simply seeing a full system restart to refresh all drivers and devices. The main problem with any device or drivers is simply remaining inactive after restoring the desktop from either of those two modes.

I ran the troubleshooting option via the Recording area and all is well.

Thank you very much.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell Inspiron
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit
CPU
Intel
Memory
4GB
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