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

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