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
    2018-02-20T05:07:57+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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. Anonymous
    2015-01-08T02:35:19+00:00

    Hey, I'm having the same issues as EstanislaoLopez with the same microphone. I email the microphone's company but have not heard word from them.  Reinstalling drivers does not help neither do different usb ports. It just randomly happened a few days ago and can't figure out why. When I plug it into my laptop it works just fine, no auto-muting.

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