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Earbud mic won't work on my desktop

Gregory_30

Commendable
Dec 21, 2016
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So I have earbuds with a built in mic. I know that you need to plug in the earbuds to the microphone jack which I did. My PC registers that it's a mic, but for some odd reason,, it won't pick up anything other than the volume control slider for the volume of the ear buds
 
Solution
are they enabled?

1. right-click audio icon (playback devices) in lower right

2. recording

3. choose the correct microphone and save

4. click "configure" and run setup in the new window
are they enabled?

1. right-click audio icon (playback devices) in lower right

2. recording

3. choose the correct microphone and save

4. click "configure" and run setup in the new window
 
Solution