Weird Issue With Windows and Microphones Created 15 years ago2008-07-08 21:17:46 UTC by RotatorSplint

So I was using Skype to voice-chat with some of my friends from school, and all was fine. Suddenly, Windows started looping the audio output from my computer through the mic and my friends could hear themselves and all the crap going on on my PC at the time, without me telling it to. I was wearing headphones, so I knew it's not any issue with the microphone picking up the speakers. Also, the microphone still picks my voice up, but very faintly; not anything that you could make out.

This is the second time Windows has done this, and the last time it was solved, I had no idea what actually did solve the issue (rebooting didn't work, but it suddenly stopped after about an hour of fidgiting). Why the hell is Windows doing this?

Sounds it witches the transmitting channel from your mic to the one that has everything being played in your computer(mouseclicks, music, etc). Try looking for settings like that in your soundcard, it might give you a clue.

See if you have accidentally activated "what U hear" (if you're using a Creative soundcard) or something similar. Basically anything that records what's being played through the speakers/headphones.

Well shit, it did it again. I did some poking around last evening with no luck, and I came back to my PC this afternoon (no reboot and I didn't mess with any other settings), and it's just fine again. I don't get this at all.