Windows 10: my microphone, on my HP, has been deleted. How do I get it back?

What driver do I need to download to get my microphone back?

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Microphone on a HP Spectre 360

Thanks for reaching out! I'm an Independent Advisor and a Microsoft user like you.

Kindly check this Microsoft thread, these contain microphone fixes. Kindly perform the suggestions made by Greg, one of our community MVPs and advisors. The suggested articles or steps listed may be able to help you resolve your microphone issues.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

I hope that this information would be useful to you. Let's hope for the best. Stay safe.

 

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,

 

Built in microphone not working

Hi,



Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I understand your concern and will assist you to resolve this issue.

I suggest you to follow the steps below and check if it helps

Method 1: I suggest you to set microphone as default device and check.

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  Right click on the volume icon in the system tray and then click "Recording devices"
  
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  Right click on the blank space in the popped up window and then select "Show Disabled Devices" and "Show Disconnected Devices".
  
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  Right click on Microphone and then click "Enable".
  
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  Highlight the microphone and then choose "Set as Default Device".
  
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  Click Apply and OK.
  

Step 2: Make sure that the Microphone is not disabled.

• 
  Make sure that the Microphone is not disabled. Follow the steps given to check that:
  
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  Right click on the volume icon and select “Recording devices”.
  
• 
  Now, Right Click on an empty space and select, “Show disconnected devices” and “Show disabled devices”.
  
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  Make sure that the Microphone is not disabled.
  

And also update the audio drivers from the manufacturer web site and install.

Hope this helps. If the issue remains unresolved, please get back to us and we would be happy to help