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!
Microphone auto muting and the levels go down to zero
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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
2015-01-10T13:04:11+00:00 Hi,
When you connected the microphone to your computer, you did not face any of the issue. The issue seems to be only on that particular computer. I would suggest you to perform clean boot. A clean boot helps eliminate software conflicts.
How to perform a clean boot in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135
Note: Follow How to reset the computer to start as usual after troubleshooting with clean boot from article KB929135 to reset the computer to normal mode.
Post us the results after you try the above steps.
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Anonymous
2015-09-29T01:18:16+00:00 Mine has been doing exactly the same thing recently. It was fine one minute and out of nowhere it started muting itself. When I go into "Manage Audio Devices" and check the levels I see it muted. I change it, set it back to 80 and without warning it mutes itself again. I've tried everything from rebooting, going back to a previous date, running various anti-virus and anti-malware scans. Nothing seems to work!
This is costing me income because I run online, voice conferences!!
I don't know what else to do! My pc isn't that old.
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Anonymous
2016-01-01T01:27:56+00:00 This was happening to me too...
Malware.. Get a 3rd party anti-malware such as malwarebytes.
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Anonymous
2016-04-08T17:22:40+00:00 I am also using Nvidia HD onboard sound on a Gigabyte motherboard. I just noticed this problem a few days ago, while I and friends were online playing a game after work, using Teamspeak 3. Other system sounds and game sounds remain at their set levels, but the Mic started muting itself, every 30 seconds to a minute, even as I watched the volume slider.
I have tried, restoring Windows to an earlier date, uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers, checking that the sound card is properly seated, and I have also tried using other sound cards that I have down in my man cave, from past installs and upgrades. In each case the mic jumps to 0 volume and the mute is activated. It is crippling my ability to communicate at all while gaming, and more importantly, I cannot conference with others on Skype or any other VOIP app. I am not sure how this was broken, but it is a notable issue that is aggravating, mysterious and strange. No one at Microsoft, with all the technical expertise at its disposal, has been able to solve this problem for us users? That...begs credulity.