microphone driver on laptop often "doesn't"
about 20% of the times "Er Indoors" launches Skype on her laptop the microphone doesn't operate. The machine has been like this since new (3 years) and Dell helpline folk have been unable to suggest anything better than "un-install the driver then re-boot the machine, it will re-install the driver and every thing will be OK". This is true but it is a P.I.T.A. to do this a couple of time most weeks. It is now normal for her to call me on Skype before she starts work just to check the microphone is alive. Luckily I only work in the room next door so I can shout back if I hear her as I don't have a microphone on my system.
We have checked for a driver update for the sound card but found none.
There has to be a better solution, any ideas?
Andrew.