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JennyJ

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Can't get my microphone to work!

« on: September 14, 2005, 02:21:06 AM »

I've never before used my mic but would like to start and am having trouble. I've checked in Control Panel/Sounds and Audio Devices/Voice and clicked on Test Hardware. When I do I get an error message that says "Windows cannot execute DPVSetup.exe, Use Add/Remove Programs Control Panel to Install".

I tried doing just that and couldn't find anything, so I went looking in the MS Knowledgebase and found Article ID 282882, which suggested it was the Hardware Acceleration that needed to be increased. When I checked, though, it was at its maximum!

I've tried downloading new drivers for my sound card. That didn't help either.

I'm running Windows XP (obiously, otherwise I wouldn't use this forum!), I have an Aopen Motherboard with an Avance AC97 soundcard integrated into it. My monitor has its own inbuilt mic but I've also tried a separate one plugged into the mic socket on my CPU box.

I'm not a very technical minded person and I have no idea what else to try. Does anyone have any suggestions?


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windowsxp550

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Can't get my microphone to work!

« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2005, 04:21:59 AM »

Try this

First step is making sure the acceleration is turned on (which you said you have done).

Next, you will need to go into your registry. But before you do so, Make sure that DPVSetup.exe is not running. To Check, Press the CTRL-ALT-DELETE key combination to access the Task Manager and in the Processes tab, locate any references to Dpvsetup.exe or DirectPlay Voice. End all of them (by right clicking on them and selecting End Process) and close the Task Manager.

to get into your Registry, Click Start, then Run, type regedit then hit enter

once in Regedit navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\DIRECTPLAY\VOICE\AUDIOCONFIG.

on the right hand side you should see the follow keys: FullDuplex, HalfDuplex, and MicDetected.

The values should be
FullDuplex 3
HalfDuplex 3
MicDetected 2

If they are not those values, double click on the key (whichever you are changing), and change the value. If the keys don't even exist, create them, by right clicking (on the right hand side) and selecting "New, DWORD" then give them the values listed above.

Once you are done, reboot, and everything should work beautifully....

Let us know...


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JennyJ

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Can't get my microphone to work!

« Reply #2 on: September 14, 2005, 05:47:04 AM »

Thanks for this.

I got into the Registry Editor but when I navigated to Audioconfig there were another 2 subfolders before I saw the Names HalfDuplex, FullDuplex and MicDetected and the other two columns were Type and Data rather than values and the Data values were "0x00000000 (0)" for all 3. I should hate to muck up my Registry so I've closed it without any changes for the time being!

I have a screen dump of the Registry Editor page, which I've copied into a Word document. I don't think I can attach it to a post, though. But I could email it if that will help explain what I mean. Sorry, I did mention that I'm not very technical, didn't I?

I'm about to go and get dinner now (it's 7.45 pm here) but will check for posts in the morning. Thanks again.

JennyJ
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windowsxp550

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« Reply #3 on: September 14, 2005, 06:06:27 AM »

Yes, I apologize, I meant to put that those keys would be me nested within the AUDIOCONFIG key and that there would be other keys also in there.

the 0x00000 is the hexadecimal format (it means zero). So you
should correct this by right clicking on key then selecting Modify, then choose Decimal and put in the value

FullDuplex 3
HalfDuplex 3
MicDetected 2

These are the only keys you need to change . Once you have changed them, reboot and the problem should be fixed .


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Nob14

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« Reply #4 on: September 14, 2005, 06:30:50 AM »

Hi, try this, navigate to

C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\sndrec32.exe

double click and it should record your voice.


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JennyJ

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Can't get my microphone to work!

« Reply #5 on: September 15, 2005, 09:44:12 PM »

Wow, thanks, folks. I've sorted the problem. Seems that somehow I was missing an update, so a friend emailed me their copy of the file dpvsetup.exe, which I used to overwrite mine. That enabled me to actually use Sound Recorder to record a file, although the sound quality was pretty atrocious - very quiet.

The same friend showed me how to enable Microphone Boost in Control Panel and now I can hear the recording quite clearly.

I did also make those Registry changes you suggested for good measure.

Many thanks for your help.

JennyJ


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