How To Activate the Microphone in Windows
Q: How to I plug the headphones
and microphone into the back of the computer?
A: The headphones and microphone plug into the back of the sound
card.
Steps for plugging in the headphones and microphone:
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First look at the back of the computer. Then locate the sound
card, it's the one with the green and red holes.
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Then take the microphone plug and plug it into the red hole.
The microphone plug will probably be either red or grey.
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Next take the headphone plug and plug it into the green hole.
The headphone plug will probably be either black or green.
Q: How do I
turn on the microphone in Windows 9x and 2000?
A: The Windows Volume Control can be used to adjust the
microphone settings. Follow these simple steps for activating the microphone.
Steps for turning on the microphone:
1.Right-click the Volume
Control icon 
on the Windows task bar (far right, next to the clock) and choose Open Volume
Controls from the menu. If the Volume Control icon is not visible on your
Windows task bar, then click the Start button, choose Run..., type
SNDVOL32.EXE and click the OK button.
When the Volume Control window appears,
click the Options menu.
From the Options menu select
Properties.
When the Properties window appears,
make sure that Microphone is ticked in the 'Show the following volume
controls' section. Click the OK button.
The window should then disappear and you
will then see the volume control window again. On the right side of that screen
should be the microphone volume control, if the microphone is muted click the
box to turn the mute off. Now the microphone should work normally.
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