1. Right click on sound icon found at the taskbar then right click and select Sounds, select the "Recording" tab and then select Microphone, then properties. From the listen tab select Continue Running on battery power, on levels tab increase the Microphone and Microphone Boost, on advanced tab choose the last option in Default Format and select the two box in Exclusive Mode. Click apply and then ok.
2. Open Action Center, then Troubleshooting, then Hardware and Sound. Run as administrator on Playing Audio, Recording Audio, Hardware and Devices.
3. Run Maintenance from Action Center, then download updates at Windows Update.
4. Run Device Manager, shortcut: (Win+r and type" devmgmt.msc" without the quotation). Under Audio inputs and Outputs right click on Microphone (High Definition Audio Device) and select Update Driver Software... First Select Browse my computer for driver software, then select Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer, the select next and wait for installation to complete and close. After that Update the same driver but now select Search automatically for updated driver software (requires internet connection), and wait because it may take some seconds or a minute to finish searching online and installing updated driver.
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