Microphone won't work

[Zuni1000]

My microphone on my radio shack headset doesn't work in Skype or with any other messenger.

I bought a new headset on the off chance that the equipment was broken, but it still doesn't work.

I also worked through the troubleshooting suggestions from the skype page, but it still doesn't work.

Does anyone know how to fix this?

 

[Fitz]

In The Advanced Controls in the Mic setup in Sound and Audio devices/Voice/ make sure that Front Panel is unchecked if your mic leads are jacked into the back sockets...it took me a while to find out that his had stopped my new mic from working