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To get Windows 7 to recognize your microphone or headphones with microphone, follow these steps. Go to Start Menu, then Control Panel, and then Sound. Click Recording. Right click in the box for Line In or Microphone. Select Show Disabled Devices and Show Disconnected Devices. When it shows up, enable your microphone.
I was having the same issue, probably after installing skype, and on my laptop (HP Elitebook) I couldn't set the default device to communication Headphones through the windows interface, but was able to do it through the Catalyst Control Center (by right clicking and selecting it as default device).