Is the front mic jack enabled?
Is it set as the default input device?
Is the mic sound level set high enough?

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"Seeking" <Seeking@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:01BFD4E4-F1A2-4DE2-82DE-D43C22D4B76D@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Exactly my problem.
>
> I have Vista Home Basic.
>
> I can hear music, when I test on yahoo voice chat, the lights light up,
> but
> when I try to record sounds on Start>All programs>Accessoires>sound
> recording, it does not record anything.
>
> I suspect the root cause is the same that prevents me from being heard on
> the other side.
>
> Please someone help. I think I have turned on all the correct options in
> the
> control panel. But still...
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>
> "Not Me" wrote:
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>> Using headphones/headset?
>> The mic setting may be right, but is the headphone jack enabled?
>>
>> "richataimni" <richataimni@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:B6DC4248-DDFD-483F-9F27-D52D30FC9FA1@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I have got a very strange problem and would really appreciate if
>> > someone
>> > can
>> > help me out with it. I recently bought a dell Inspiron 1525 which came
>> > with
>> > WIndows Vista home premium. everything is running fine on the machine
>> > and
>> > also the media - Movies, songs, voice recording etc are all running
>> > fine.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > The only problem is with voice chatting on chat messengers like Gtalk,
>> > yahoo, windows live. The chat browsers seem to work perfect except that
>> > I
>> > cant hear what other persons speak. They can listen to my voice, but I
>> > cant
>> > hear what they say. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling these chat
>> > browsers
>> > a few times but it gives me the same problem. There is no error message
>> > as
>> > such. And as I said, I can listen to music, I can see movies with songs
>> > on
>> > the same PC but I cant hear what other people say while voice chatting.
>> > I
>> > heard there was some Codec issue with Yahoo messenger and tried
>> > installing
>> > the tsp_codec as an administrator but even that did not help. I
>> > installed
>> > the
>> > latest Gtalk, Yahoo messenger ( as well as Windows messenger Live but
>> > still
>> > there is the same problem. I dont know what is wrong. If my PC speakers
>> > or
>> > audio drivers were bad I would not be able to listen to music also but
>> > I
>> > can
>> > hear songs record voice etc. Its only when I try to voice chat with
>> > other
>> > people I cant hear what they say. They hear me pitch perfect.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I would request someone to please help me out with this issue if there
>> > is
>> > a
>> > known problem or resolution.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> >
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