Windows 10: Microphone not working windows 10. Only picks up pc sounds

I bought headphones couple days ago and when I plugged it into the USB entrance on the back of my pc and I looked in recording devices settings I saw that it was only picking up sounds that where played on my pc? Very weird. So the green bar in recording devices only goes up when sound is being played on my pc like a video or something.Does somebody know how to fix this?

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Windows 10 No microphone will work

Sorry about the long response time. Work sucks sometime.

I tried both a headset microphone and the usb microphone on another Windows 10 computer. It did not pick up any microphone signal and was showing the same emulated sound output as I noted before.

That is what is really bothering me. Both computers detect the microphones, yet output is being directed to them as well as any plugged in speaker/headphone.

 

Microphone not working windows 10. Only picks up pc sounds

We apologize for the late response. We appreciate the update. You have mentioned that you are using the audio port on the front panel of your computer. Your computer should also have an audio port on the back panel. If your computer has an audio port on
the back, we suggest that you try using that port. In addition, we recommend that you run the Recording Audio troubleshooter. This tool finds and fixes problems with recording sound. Here are the steps:

1. Click Start and type Troubleshoot in the search box and click on Troubleshoot from the results.

2. Select Recording Audio and click on Run the troubleshooter button.

If the issue persist, we suggest that you create a new local user account on your computer and check if you will be able to use your microphone while on the new account. This lets us verify if this issue is cause by a corrupted user profile. Here's

how.

Furthermore, you might want to check Microphone in Sound Settings. This is to make sure that the microphone is the default device.

1. Use the key Win + X (or right click the Start menu).

2. Select Control Panel.

3. Click Sound and open the dialog window.

4. Choose the Recording tab and find the Microphone on the recording devices list. (If you can't find it, right click on the list and select
Show Disable Devices.

5. Then right click the Microphone and select Enable.

6. Select the Microphone.

7. Lastly, click the button Set Default below the list.





We would appreciate an update about how it went.

 

External microphone does not work

Hi Zarbab,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



The issue could be because of the microphone being in a disabled state. I suggest you to try the steps listed below and check if it works:

• Open Control Panel and categorize to view by
  Small Icons.
  
• Click on Speech Recognition and navigate to
  Advanced Speech Options > Microphone > Advanced
  
• Check Real Conexant HD Audio, save the changes and exit
  Control Panel.
  
• Restart the machine to see if the microphone works.
  

Meanwhile, you may also want to go through the troubleshooting suggestions given in the following articles and see if they help:

• Fix sound problems in Windows 10
  
• HP PCs - Resolving Microphone Problems (Windows 10, 8)
  

Let us know how it goes.

Regards,