Lynn, Unless your microphone and speakers are position right (and that would be another lesson) you can subject yourself to a lot of feedback when speaking into the mike. What you want to do is disable you microphone from being a playback device. Doubleclick on the speaker icon in your task bar to bring up the mixer. One of the "panels" should be titled microphone. If you do not have a microphone "panel", the click on OPTIONS/PROPERTIES and under SHOW THE FOLLOWING VOLUME CONTROLS make sure that microphone is checked; then click on okay. To keep the microphone from being used a playback device uncheck the SELECT option at the bottom of the microphone "panel". I hope that helps. > I'm tryin to find out how to help a friend that is > having problems with the mic, says theres a lot of > static and distortion, yet it sounds like all the > settings software wise is set right.. she can also > hear herself through the speakers (i've heard this > isn't right) > > But i can't figure what would cause all the > distortion, and she checked her volume levels.. and > it seems all is ok, yet the mic worked fine on a > different computer, any suggestions? :) thanks... > > Lynn Batson __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com Curious about the people moderating your messages? Visit our staff web site: http://nospin.com/pc/staff.html