Built-in Microphone not working?

Question

Recently I got a new laptop and the built in mic was working fine, but now it's stopped working for no reason. I looked under Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Sound > Recording and it said I had a working headset microphone, even though I don't have one and I've never plugged it in. And "Microphone", which is the built-in microphone, says that it's "not plugged in". I don't get how this is possible, since it's built in. My laptop is HP and I'm on Windows Vista

Answer 1

Try finding and re-installing or updating the Driver. Also try using Windows update to keep your computer up-to-date with the latest hotfixes for errors like this.