try the usb USB Headset with microphone in one of the other usb ports if that works your fine if not try the windows xp sound/mic set up
windows xp settings, sound
make sure your speaker conncetion is in the speaker port
on your sound card ..if you have a SPEAKER box with power set it to on or if your spearks have a power & volume on set too on and turn up the volume on them
click on start / control panel
sound speech,and audio devices, icon
click on change the speaker settings,tab
a sound and audio devices properties box will pop up
volume ,tab
device volume bar , set too high
untick, mute
ckick on advanced,tab
a volume control box will pop up
untick any box that has tick in the mute
click on the volume control box red X too close the
volume control box
speaker settings
click on speaker volume ,tab
left, set the volume level too high
right,set the volume level too high
clikc ok
click on advanced, tab
speakers,tab
speaker setup, set the tab,too desktop stereo speakers
click on perfomance tab,
hardware acceleration, bar,set too, full
sample rate conversion quality bar, set too , best
click ok
now on the click on audio tab,
sound playback, default device , set tab for your sound card
sound recording ,default device, set tab for your sound card
now click on voice tab
voice playback,default device,set tab for your sound card
voice,recording,default device,set tab for your sound card
click on apply & ok
now in the control panel click on the sound and audio devices,icon
tick the box , place volume icon in the taskbar
click apply & ok
close off the control panel
now click on the
volume icon in the taskbar
volume control box will pop up
on the top click on options
then on properties
at the top in mixer device box
click on the tab, set the device for your sound card
in show following volume controls box list
1:tick, volume control
2:tick, wave
3:tick, sw synth
4:tick, front
5:tick, subwoofer
6:tick, center
7:tick, rear
8:tick, cd player
9:tick, line in
10:tick, microphone
11:tick, pc speakers
click on ok
now on the vloume control box
make sure no box has a tick in mute box
1:volume, control, move the bar too the top
2:wave, move the bar too the top
3:sw synth, move the bar too the top
4:front, move the bar too the top
5:subwoofer, move the bar too the top
6:center, move the bar too the top
7:rear, move the bar too the top
8:cd player, move the bar too the top
9:line in, move the bar too the top
10:microphone, move the bar 2 steps up
11:pc spearkers, move the bar too the top
if you only have 2 speakers and not a set of 12 speakers
on the volume control box click on options properties
in show the following volume controls box list
you can untick
1:front
2:subwoofwooer
3:center
4:rear
then click on ok
for windows xp settings, microphone settings
click on start /control panel
sound speech,and audio deices, icon
sound effect manager ,icon
click on speaker configuration ,tab
place a dot in
2 channel mode for stereo speaker output
click on ok close off control panel
restart the computer
restart the computer for windows xp too save the settings
then try your sound
check your internet speed/download/upload speed to make sure your isp server is not ripping you off if they say your getting 3.5 mb download speed and 2.4 upload speed make sure you are from the net speed test website
http://performance.toast.net/results.asp?testtype=1&loadtime=2.609
if the USB Headset with microphone still not working take it back to the store you got it from and ask for a new USB Headset with microphone