Windows 10: Microphone volume problem

I use Dragon NaturallySpeaking software to control my computer because of a disability. No matter what I do Windows 10 wants to set the volume level of my microphone at 81. I don't have the boxes checked to allow software to take control of the settings although I've also tried that with no positive results. If I reset the level down to 61 my software works perfectly but as soon as it was back up to 81 speech recognition is terrible. Even when I recalibrate the microphone for Dragon by basically shouting at it during the calibration Windows 10 still sets the microphone level at 81. I also tried whispering to see what that does and at that level it also sets the microphone level to 81. Based on this I know that the problem is not caused by Dragon software.

Any ideas on how I can get the blame I will for my microphone to stay set where I wanted would be greatly appreciated!

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Windows 10: I pressed do not show this dialog box again when i plugged in my audio device

That information was helpful, Thanks!

A more fundamental problem was the built-in mic not working well, but this was quickly resolved by:

A) Right click on the volume icon in the bottom-right

B) Click "recording devices"

C) Go into the properties of the built-in microphone

D) Make sure the volume is full and the microphone is not muted, and increase the microphone boost

E) Turn off the "Noise Suppression and Acoustic Echo Cancellation"

Hope this helps anyone with a problem with the built-in Microphone!

 

Cortana responds to "Hey Cortana" but then refuses to recognize the microphone for anything else.

The problem is NOT the microphone: As I explained, every other app on the computer - including MS Voice Recorder - recognizes the microphone. Volume Mixer and Recording Devices both report the microphone as the default device. The problem lies with Cortana.