mic problems with vista

[noneoftheabove]

i bought this microphone, the plantronics .audio 300 a whiile ago and since then have gone to vista. I used this mic before with xp without problem, it was loud and clear. But vista is another story; i call my friend with xfire and skype and he can barely hear me when i have my mouth up to the receiving end of the mic. I downloaded the newest drivers for my sound card which is the creative sound blaster audigy SE. Any help would be appreciated.

[shadowpr]

does the mic have any drivers listed on their website?

[glc]

Open your master mixer and look for advanced microphone properties, look for a box that says +20dB boost, check it.

[noneoftheabove]

i got into the sound properties in vista and changed it 2 channel 24 bit but that didnt change anything; where is that in windows vista?

[glc]

I have no idea - in Win2K all I did was double click on the speaker in the systray, the mixer opened up, and under the Mic volume slider was an Advanced button.

[noneoftheabove]

yeah vista is all screwey, there isnt even a mic adjustment in the main mixer you have to go farther into the sound controls to even adjust the mic volume

[noneoftheabove]

since the microphone should be controlled by the sound card would this be a sound card with vista issue or a microphone with vista issue?