Off topic? Microphone not enabled

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Win XP SP2

I recently bought a Logitech headset with microphone. Headphones work fine. Mic doesn't.

Have been through all volume and audio settings, used front and rear panel jacks without success.

With volume control panel open and mic recoding "Mute" button un-checked, I run the audio setup wizard. It correctly identifies the speakers and headphone but not the mic. As soon as I click "Next" to move to the Mic test, the "Mute" button on the volume control panel becomes checked and the mic test page in the wizard is greyed out.

I have uninstalled and re-loaded the audio software and Googled for solutions. Some MS help pages refer to a "Speech Recognition" tab on the Control Panel "Speech" applet but I don't have that tab (only "Text to Speech"). Is it relevant?

All useful suggestions gratefully received!

TIA

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