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Meer
October 15th, 2005, 04:42 pm
Okay, I have a new problem that needs solving now. :unsure:
I recently got a Mic to use to for MSN Messenger, etc. I first tried it at a friend's house and it worked fine on her computer. When I got home, I found that my Speakers were plugged in where the Mic was suppose to be and I tried plugging them in somewhere else but no luck. So I tried to see if the Mic would work if I plugged it in somewhere else, but that didn't work either. I was hoping that if I unplugged the Speakers all together and plugged the Mic in where it was suppose to be anyways, I could try it in MSN and have someone type back if it works. No luck, I continued to get errors and the message: "We are unable to run Audio Tuning Wizard at this time"
I tried the Mic on Windows Messenger and there was no errors, but nobody could hear me.

Anyone have any solutions? XD

Melee54
October 15th, 2005, 04:49 pm
That's odd. There should be three spots for the mic, speakers, etc. The speakers should go in the whole that have a headphones icon (green possibly), and the Mic should go in the Mic slot (pink). Go to your volume controls (usually a little speaker icon in your toolbar next to where it displays your time) and make sure nothing is muted, and have the speaker's volume all the way up, or at wherever you want..

If your speakers only work in your Mic slot, which I have no clue how that would work by the way lol, then there might be something wrong with your soundcard.

If no one here can help, register at the http://www.neowin.net/forum/ forums. They're a bunch of computer experts that will be able to help you solve your problem. There's a bunch of members, so it shouldn't take long for them to reply.

Meer
October 15th, 2005, 05:06 pm
I'm thinking my problem is more along the lines of missing a Driver, dunno' which one though.

Melee54
October 15th, 2005, 05:09 pm
Then go to Control Panel, Sounds and Audio Devices, then Hardware, and find your sound card or speaker thing..or whatever it's called..then click Driver and reinstall or update it. Maybe that'll help.

Meer
October 15th, 2005, 05:20 pm
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v609/Sarkurah/desk.jpg

:unsure: ?

I don't get how do update my drivers.

Melee54
October 15th, 2005, 05:24 pm
You're on the right screen, just click on the Hardware tab. Then find what your soundcard is called, or speakers, or whatever. If you're not sure, just try looking at all of the things listed with speaker icons.

Phenix
October 15th, 2005, 08:54 pm
Windows update is a place to find updated drivers(, you will have to go to the site yourself as any drivers will not be downloaded with the critical security patches.
Failing that check the site of the soundcards manufacturer, there should be drivers on the site