windows 10 headset mic not working

I was having this same problem. One thing that I did, and it actually worked for me, hopefully it will work for you.

1. Right click on the Sound icon on your bottom right.

2. Click on Recording devices

3. Right click on the microphone.

4. Click on the Properties

5. Click on Enhancements

6. Check the 'Disable' box inside the box.

7. Click 'Ok'

I also went to my 'microphone privacy setting' (it should appear if you type 'microphone' in Cortana) and I turned off all 'allow these apps to use my mic'.

I hope this works for you. It worked for me. <3 <3

Still not working for me.  I did find out one more interesting fact:

I tried to go to Speech Properties (Advanced Speech Options -- under Speech Recognition)

and when I selected my Xbox 360 headset as the recording device, and restarted Speech Properties, it gave me the following error message:

"Could not initialize volume meter, please select a different recording device"

FYI -- I've messed with Privacy-Microphone and Control Panel-Sound settings to no avail:  default devices, enabling/disabling, reinstalling drivers, levels, mute, etc.  Nothing works.  This is DEFINITELY a Windows 10 problem.  My chat headset works great on my Xbox360 and when I was on Windows 7, my USB Xbox360 controller and chat headset were working perfectly.  I'm regretting my upgrade and highly debating reverting back.

Update:  I found another thread and they recommended the follow which worked for me...

• Plug in Controller and Headset
• Control Panel - Sound - Recording
• • Disable alternate microphones (eg: webcam mic)
• Device Manager
• • Sound, video and game controllers - Headset (XBOX 360 For Windows)
  • • Uninstall driver
  • Scan for Hardware Changes (will auto-install Xbox Headset)
• Restart

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