I have an Easy Note Laptop mb65 Type, with S/N 114822430133, everything worked OK in Windows Vista, then I installed Windows 7 and my microphone doesn't work any more. Thank You for your help

How to adjust microphone volumeTo adjust the volume for your microphone in Windows 7 or Windows Vista, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, type mmsys.cpl in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.
2. In the Sound dialog box, click the Recording tab.
3. Click Microphone, and then click Properties. Note Make sure that Working appears under Microphone. If Working does not appear, click Microphone, and then click Set Default.
4. In the Microphone Properties dialog box, click the Custom tab.
5. Select or clear the Microphone Boost check box.
6. Click the Levels tab.
7. Adjust the volume slider to the level that you want, and then click OK.
8. Click OK to close the Sound dialog box.

How to adjust the voice setting

1. Start the game.
2. Sign in to LIVE (use the Guide).
3. Click Personal Settings.
4. Click Voice.
5. Make sure that the Recording volume level meter registers at least one bar when you speak.
6. Click Done.

How to adjust Windows volume settings

1. Double-click the volume icon in the task bar.
2. Click Mixer.
3. Move the sliders up or down as appropriate.
   
   Note You can also click the speaker icon at the base of each slider to toggle "mute" on or off.

Check if your Windows 7 is running on 32-bit or 64-bit System Type. Go to Start menu > right-click on Computer > Properties. Take note of the System type.
Use the Vista driver in Windows 7 - Lexmark X5410 Driver for Windows 7 32-bit - Lexmark X5410 Driver for Windows 7 64-bit

There are no officially supported Windows 7 drivers for the Acer Aspire 5570 notebook. However, the Vista drivers should work just fine.

If you don't know whether you have 64 bit or 32 bit Windows 7, then please follow these steps.

1. Press Win+R to open the Run command.
2. Type "MSINFO32" into the dialog box and press enter.
3. Look for item "System Type" and note whether the value is x64 or x86. (x86 means you have a 32 bit OS)

Regardless of whether you have 32 bit or 64 bit Windows 7 follow these instructions:
1. Go ahead and download 32 bit Windows Vista drivers by following the link: Acer Aspire 5570 Audio Drivers

2. Save file to the Desktop for easy access.

3. Extract ZIP file to Desktop.

4. Open the extracted folder.
5. Right click on the file "Setup" and select "Properties".
6. Select the Compatibility tab and check the box for "Run this program in compatibility mode for Windows Vista (Service Pack 2)". Click OK.

7. Double click the "Setup" file to run the installer. If the installer completes, then restart the computer and play a music file to see if you have sound.

If the installer fails, then follow the next set of directions:
1. Press Win+R to open Run command.
2. Type "DEVMGMT.MSC" and press enter.

3. Look for a device that has a yellow exclamation point next to it. If you have more than one, look for a device that says "Multimedia Audio Controller".
4. Right click on the device that has a yellow exclamation point next to it and select Properties.
5. Click the Driver tab and select Update Driver.
6. Click "Browse my computer for driver software".
7. Select "Browse...".
8. Browse to the extracted folder and select the "Vista" folder if you have the 32 bit version of Windows. If you have the 64 bit version of Windows, then select the "Vista64" folder. If Windows tells you there are no compatible drivers after step 9, then select the WDM folder and repeat step 9.
9. Click OK and then click Next.

10. Ignore all errors that Windows may give you and install the driver, restart the computer, and try to play a music file.


Good luck, post back if you have any difficulties, and thanks for using FixYa,

Go to this website and select windows 7(32) or (64) depends on what version you are using then on the categories select sound and click Realtek Audio Driver for Windows 7 (32/64)(v6.0.1.5904; 09-03-2009; 60.61M) then click the red download now button to start downloading the driver. After downloading, install the driver that you have downloaded to update the sound driver of your laptop. If prompted for a restart, restart your computer then check your computer for a sound.

If the driver you downloaded will not fix the audio problem, you have to return to it's original operating system (windows vista) of your laptop by reformatting from a clean installation using windows vista installer.

Installation of Windows 7 is not supported by Toshiba for laptops made prior to 2007. Have a nice day.

All drivers for this PC can me found at http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?os=2093&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&sw_lang=&product=3650962#N142
Generally speaking, however, microphones do not have drivers. You should make sure that the recording volume for your microphone is turned up.
How to adjust microphone volumeTo adjust the volume for your microphone in Windows 7 or Windows Vista, follow these steps:

1. Click Start , type mmsys.cpl in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.
2. In the Sound dialog box, click the Recording tab.
3. Click Microphone, and then click Properties. Note Make sure that Working appears under Microphone. If Working does not appear, click Microphone, and then click Set Default.
4. In the Microphone Properties dialog box, click the Custom tab.
5. Select or clear the Microphone Boost check box.
6. Click the Levels tab.
7. Adjust the volume slider to the level that you want, and then click OK.
8. Click OK to close the Sound dialog box.

Vista most likely will not work correctly on your laptop if 7 was preinstalled. 7 is a newer version of Windows and if you just installed Vista on top of 7 you will run into issues. If you formatted your hard drive first and then put Vista on you may be ok, however Vista and 7 have different drivers that come preinstalled. Everything that your laptop needs to run with everything that it came with will be already installed, therefor if you put an earlier version on you will not have what you need to run the hardware on your computer, they won't "match up". I would reccommend that you do a system restore and go back to the 7 that was originally on the laptop. You may be able to find the drivers on the microsoft website, or compaq website. I doubt that it will work for long. Try it and see what happens and let me know if you need further assistance, hope this was helpful
Lori

First, confirm your laptop has a microphone. I am assuming, as you have posted your question, that it does.
Go first to your Control Panel, switch to classic view if you are using XP and small icons if in Vista or Windows 7. Look for some icon such as Sound or Sound and audio devices and click to enter it.
Now here is some divergence in methods.
XP
Enter the tab near the top of the window labeled as Voice. In the Voice recording section, confirm that there is a Default Device. If there isn't, click the drop-down arrow and choose on if there is one available. Sadly, if there is not, then I do not know how to help you. My expertise lie more in Vista and 7.
Vista & 7
Once inside of Sound, enter the Recording Tab and look for some type of microphone. Double click on the Microphone and at the bottom of the screen, there should be a "Device Usage" area and click the box next to it and choose "use this device (enable)" and click ok.
Hopefully one of these two methods should get your microphone working. I apologize if it doesn't. More information on your part may be helpful.
One last side note. There are two jacks on most laptops. If you are using an external microphone, you may be plugged into the output jack as opposed to the input.

This worked for me:

1) Right click on the Rosetta Stone icon in the Start menu
2) Click the "Compatibility" tab
3) Set it to run in compatibility mode with Windows Vista SP2 (mine was defaulted to run in XP compatibility mode, which seemed to be the problem)
4) Start the program again, if you are lucky all mics will now show up

You don't need to replace the Hard drive in the laptop, you can usually upgrade, or install vista from the CD-ROM / DVD-Rom.

If your laptop does not have a DVD drive to install vista, you may use file sharing to install it from another computer on the network. To do this follow these steps:

1) Place the Vista DVD in second computer
2) right-click on the DVD-drive that has the Vista DVD in it, and select " Share..."
3) You may need to press the "Advanced sharing" button to enable sharing, if so, do that, and just hit the " apply " button
4) OK out of all of those menues
5) on your laptop open " my computer" and click the " map network drive "
6) browse to the location of your drive on the other computer, and click " OK "
7) install Windows vista

If you do however need a new hard drive for your laptop, you can usually get them from any PC store such as Bestbuy, fry's, or online from places such as NewEGG.com, and Tigerdirect.com.

You will need to know what type of hard drive you have, and how to replace it. The manual for your laptop usually has this type of information.

SIDE NOTE:
When putting Vista on a laptop, be sure it meets the minimum requirements.

First make sure your microphone is pluged into the right input (the Toshiba Satelite doesn't have a built in microphone) - then try these steps:
To adjust the volume for your microphone in Windows Vista, follow these steps: 1. Click Start, type mmsys.cpl in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER. 2. In the Sound dialog box, click the Recording tab. 3. Click Microphone, and then click Properties. Note Make sure that Working appears under Microphone. If Working does not appear, click Microphone, and then click Set Default. 4. Click the Custom tab. 5. Select or clear the Microphone – 20dB Boost check box. 6. Click the Levels tab. 7. Adjust the volume slider to the level that you want, and then click OK. 8. Click OK to close the Sound dialog box.



Let me know if this helps!