I deleted the mic and I want it back, how?

Hello there!

just try these:

1) use a checkpoint recover time a day before the deleted mic.
2) do a refresh in device manager, and install the mic driver.

Check the device manager for duplicate devices and make sure that the on board devices are disabled

your need go to device manager on the internal mic thing click on it and rollback driver to original or update it one of those should work or go to control panel under sounds then recording devices and clic to make you internal mic your default mic and make sure its not muted

Typical PC mics need a power supply on the mic input. It's almost negligible current consumption, but it needs some DC voltage to be present. Sometimes the mic inputs are not well engineered or just faulty and this DC voltage goes away after some time.

My advice would be to obtain (borrow?) an USB headset (headphones with mic), and see if the problem occurs with them too. If not, you have a faulty mic input and will need to purchase such USB headset and enjoy.
If it does reoccur with a USB mic, then I'm as puzzled as you are... it must be a software thing, perhaps some auto-mute setting somewhere?...

You can try going into device manager and find the device and remove it then reboot and let it reinstall the mic drivers. If that does not work try going to the HP site and see if a new driver is available and install it. The mic could have gone bad and you may have to buy an external mic.
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Pittman,

Your mic may be muted. Click on the Volume icon in the right bottom corner of the screen and remove the tick mark in the box for Mute Mic. Your microphone would be in action after that.

Recheck default sound card settings in the Record setting. The device needs to show up. Make sure volume is up high enough.

It's possible that your microphone is muted.

Goto Start > All Programs > Accessories > Entertainment > Volume Control

If you see a slider for Microphone, make sure that it's all the way up, and ensure that "Mute" is not checked at the bottom of the slider.

If you do not see a slider for Microphone, click Options > Properties and in the windows that opens select "Recording" and make sure that there is a check box next to Microphone. You should now be able to adjust the volume of the mic, or unmute it.

You can test to see if your microphone works in Skype, by calling the Skype Test Call contact, you will be asked to record a message and repeat it back. If you hear your voice, so should your loved ones. (If you've deleted the Skype Test Call contact you can re-add it by adding "Echo123" to your contacts.

For Vista 32 bit. Go to the driver manager. De-instal/delete the driver in the Sound, Video and Game section. In my case it was RealTek High Def Audio ver 6.0.1.5371. (Select Delete the driver files.) Reboot. Vista will reinstall a driver. In my case it was Microsoft High Def audio ver 6.0.6000.16386. I had the mic plugged in when I rebooted to load the new driver. The Cyber Acoustics ML-1060 now works fine. Hope this helps.

right click on the speaker icon in your taskbar, select Open Volume Control. If you do not see the Microphone control select options>properties and select it from the list of check boxes. Press OK. Check the mute box for your microphone.