Microphone not working?

Mr.Person

My friend just gave me one of his microphones and he has the exact same one that works fine on his Vista, but when I plug it into my laptop it doesn't pick up any sounds at all. Could someone help, this is really annoying and I have no idea what to do. >.<

Zamus

oh, well the first thing i would do if i had that problem would be to right click on my speaker icon and click recording devices, click on the microphone, configure and try to figure out the problem. but if i can't, i'll ask this question on Yahoo Answers

Mr.Person

The configure box is dark gray so I can't click it. I'll try asking on Yahoo answers though.

Zamus

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Originally Posted by Mr.Person

The configure box is dark gray so I can't click it.

it is? hmm. that's weird, your laptop should give you the ability to configure your selected device. hm.

Kingpink

This is strange what model is it? From what company? I can try to help as well.

Mr.Person

I think it is the Dell Inspiron 1720, or at least that is what it says on the laptop. Or did you mean the mic? I have no idea what the mic is. I can find out though.

Kingpink

Well I meant the mic. I was hoping my research could prove if it was a Vista-only compatible accessory. My neighbor has a mouse only compatible with Vista.

R3I

Have you tried installing drivers? Some computer peripherals and hardware will not function until you've updated/installed drivers.

AGU003

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Originally Posted by R3I

Have you tried installing drivers? Some computer peripherals and hardware will not function until you've updated/installed drivers.

Yeah that's exactly what I was going to propose use the device manager and update it with xp drivers. Did the microphone come with a cd?

Mr.Person

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Originally Posted by Kingpink

Well I meant the mic. I was hoping my research could prove if it was a Vista-only compatible accessory. My neighbor has a mouse only compatible with Vista.

No idea what the mic is called. Nothing is written on it, but we are both running vista so it should work.

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Originally Posted by R3I

Have you tried installing drivers? Some computer peripherals and hardware will not function until you've updated/installed drivers.

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Originally Posted by AGU003

Yeah that's exactly what I was going to propose use the device manager and update it with xp drivers. Did the microphone come with a cd?

He said it didn't come with an CD/Drivers. It is "just suppose to work".