Windows 8 Microphone Settings

Step 1: Take the cursor to the top-right corner of your desktop screen. A menu will appear. Click Settings on the menu as shown in the image below.

Step 2: The Settings menu will appear. Click Control Panel.

Step 3: Click Hardware and Sound

Step 4: Under Sound click Manage Audio Devices.

Step 5: Click the Recording tab.

Step 6: The list of recording devices will appear. Try speaking into your microphone, and look for green bars rising while you talk (see screenshot).

• If the green bars are rising while you are speaking that means your microphone is properly configured (what to do if my microphone still isn’t working, even though you say it’s properly configured?)
• If the green bars are not rising while you are speaking into the mic, keep following the instructions.
  

Step 7: Check if you can recognize which one of the devices in the list is your microphone. Click on the relevant device to highlight it, and then click Set Default.

Step 8: Double-click on the device from the list. The Microphone Properties window will appear. Click the Levels tab.

Step 9: Drag the slider all the way to the right, until the number ’100′ is displayed beside it.

• Click OK.

Step 10: Now check again if you see green bars rising when you talk into the microphone: if you do, your mic is now properly configured. If you tried following this procedure for all the devices but still don’t see any green bars, click here