Originally Posted by retsoksirhc
Click on the first menu (I think it's file...as usual), and to to either Properties or Advanced (I think it's advanced..sorry, only have a Vista computer handty, and everything looks a little different), then you shuold be able to select Recording. Make sure that once you do that, the Microphone box is check, hit OK, and then check the box for "Select" under microphone. Make sure you're plugged into the microphone port, turn the volume up as high as you want in the microphone slider, and try it again. Hopefully it works :)