Finally I have managed to record my voice. That proves that the mic is
plugged in correctly and that the hardware is not defective.

But when I tried Skype test, it failed. I cd not be heard at the other end,
when I called someone.

I will try this now on MSN and Yahoo MSN and then report here. I feel I have
made some progress yesterday.

Thanks

"Not Me" wrote:
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> 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=green]
> > 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:
> >[color=darkred]
> >> 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...
> >> > 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,
> >> >
> >> >[/color][/color][/color]