Microphone auto muting and the levels go down to zero

Anonymous
2014-11-04T03:18:40+00:00

Hello all.

I have come upon a recent issue with my computer. My microphone automutes itself , and the levels go down to zero as well. Even if I manually adjust levels to 100 and unmute it resets and automutes again after a short time ( less than a minute ). I have not updated drivers but I cannot see them being the issue because I had zero issues yesterday why would the problem begin today I did not update or install any new programs. I have tried another mic plugged in through the standard jack and it does the same thing. My mic is a logitech webcam USB. Any suggestions? I cant seem to find any solutions on the web other than the obvious " Oh unmute it" .

I feel this is a windows 7 issue and this is why I have come here.

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Anonymous
2016-10-13T19:08:30+00:00

Hey, 

I made a video on how to fix this issue. 

You can watch the video here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4xQMlZEyr0

Hope that it helps!

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-02-20T14:01:05+00:00

    I ran Malwarebytes with the computer in safe mode and that fixed it.  It is a virus.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-02-20T14:00:38+00:00

    I ran Malwarebytes with the computer in safe mode and that fixed it.  It is a virus.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-02-20T05:07:57+00:00

    Disconnect from the internet and it will work.  I have no idea what being on the internet has to do with it but by disconnecting all the mics will stay on.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-02-20T05:03:37+00:00

    Mine just started that today, 2/19/2018 the mike stays on and OK if I disconnect from the internet.

    So far cannot find what is going wrong.  And running malware and other scanners cannot find what is wrong.

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