Windows 10: Windows Resets Microphone Volume

I'm posting this in Windows Settings because it is absolutely a Windows Settings problem. This has been a problem within Windows as far back as I can remember: Windows seems to think it's own drivers are more important than anything the user installs, so any driver installed manually seems to get overwritten with generic buggy garbage with every update. In particular, the one that is plaguing me as a content creator, my mic volume level keeps getting reset to unusable levels, despite manually setting it every time I turn on my PC.I don't have malware, like previous Answers have suggested. I ha

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Headphones' Microphone Volume Under the "Levels" Tab Disappeared

We suggest that you check the following steps on how to raise the mic volume:

• Check the Speaker icon on the system tray. Right click on it and choose "Recording Devices" menu.
  
• This will show Sound window. Go to Recording tab of Sound window, you will notice the microphone which is active that has a green check mark. Right click on the active microphone and select "Properties".
  
• You will now see Microphone Properties window. Go to the
  Levels tab and you will now see Microphone and
  Microphone Boost. You can use the sliders to modify your volume settings. Click
  OK button to save changes.

Let us know how it works so we can further assist you.

 

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.

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  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”.
  
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  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

 

How to raise microphone volume?

Hi vesvespa, my name is Max and I'm an independent advisor.

I suggest you check your microphone gain level. To do it, try the steps mentioned below:

Right click on Speaker icon (Volume settings) on the Taskbar

Choose Recording Devices

Click on Microphone and open the Properties

Finally, move the slider to choose the level. It will raise the Microphone and Microphone Boost option.