microphone mixer missing from the volume control; help please?

Question

i was triying to unmute my mic and when i whent to my volume control properties section to check the box there was no mic only (volume control , wave , sw synth , cd player and input monitor) can someone help me with this. what to i need to do to make that part of the mic mixer volume appear? somebody else had the same question but the answer wasnt clear or helpful to me. Thanks In Advance.

Answer 1

Bring up the volume control (small yellow speaker) on your task bar.
click options and then check the mic box and it should work.