Realtek High def. audio Microphone keeps muting itself in windows 10. help?

[Chriscow3]

As stated above. the only other things I should mention is that it is built into the laptop, and has only been doing this for a few weeks. help please?
EDIT: before I forget, I have tried the solutions listed here: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1670664/microphone-adjusting.html?57c106277546e=reload
With no result.

 

[webworkings]

If you have tried all that is included in that link, I am at a bit of a loss as to the fix.

Is it doing this with any recording software, or only something specific?