SP1 killed microphone

[John]

Hi there,

I installed Windows XP SP1 yesterday hoping that my
system would become more stable and secure. But when I
was done installing I found out that my microphone
stopped working, which is pretty hard for me as I use my
microphone daily. Then I thought that my mic might be
broken, so I screwed and open and took a look with a
lupe, but the wiring was still OK. So then I connected
the mic to another computer with Win98 SE installed on
it, mic worked fine. Then I dug up an old microphone, of
which I knew had bad wiring, so I soldered that one back
together, tried it on my XP machine. Didn't work out.
Then I put it on the Win98 SE computer and again it did
work there. So I have 2 mics here who do work on Win98 SE
and not on XP SP1. Does anyone know what the problem
might be ? All my settings are correct, as it did work
before the SP1 install and I haven't changed a setting
since and from what I can see, neither did SP1 by itself.

Thanks in advance,
John.

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Download and install updated drivers for your soundcard from the
manufacturer's website and see if that solves the problem.

Cari
www.coribright.com

"John" > wrote in message
...
> Hi there,
>
> I installed Windows XP SP1 yesterday hoping that my
> system would become more stable and secure. But when I
> was done installing I found out that my microphone
> stopped working, which is pretty hard for me as I use my
> microphone daily. Then I thought that my mic might be
> broken, so I screwed and open and took a look with a
> lupe, but the wiring was still OK. So then I connected
> the mic to another computer with Win98 SE installed on
> it, mic worked fine. Then I dug up an old microphone, of
> which I knew had bad wiring, so I soldered that one back
> together, tried it on my XP machine. Didn't work out.
> Then I put it on the Win98 SE computer and again it did
> work there. So I have 2 mics here who do work on Win98 SE
> and not on XP SP1. Does anyone know what the problem
> might be ? All my settings are correct, as it did work
> before the SP1 install and I haven't changed a setting
> since and from what I can see, neither did SP1 by itself.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> John.

[John]

First thing I tried after I installed SP1 and noticed
that my mic was dead. Sadly this was of no avail.

>-----Original Message-----
>Download and install updated drivers for your soundcard
from the
>manufacturer's website and see if that solves the
problem.
>
>Cari
>www.coribright.com
>
>"John" > wrote in
message
...
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I installed Windows XP SP1 yesterday hoping that my
>> system would become more stable and secure. But when I
>> was done installing I found out that my microphone
>> stopped working, which is pretty hard for me as I use
my
>> microphone daily. Then I thought that my mic might be
>> broken, so I screwed and open and took a look with a
>> lupe, but the wiring was still OK. So then I connected
>> the mic to another computer with Win98 SE installed on
>> it, mic worked fine. Then I dug up an old microphone,
of
>> which I knew had bad wiring, so I soldered that one
back
>> together, tried it on my XP machine. Didn't work out.
>> Then I put it on the Win98 SE computer and again it did
>> work there. So I have 2 mics here who do work on Win98
SE
>> and not on XP SP1. Does anyone know what the problem
>> might be ? All my settings are correct, as it did work
>> before the SP1 install and I haven't changed a setting
>> since and from what I can see, neither did SP1 by
itself.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> John.
>
>
>.
>