My microphone seems to be screwed

I seem to be getting some sort of nice error message lately which
prevents me from using my microphone.. at all. Not ingame, not in
Windows Sound Record. I've already googled and visited the Steampowered
forums, but without any success.

Unable to initialize DirectSoundCapture. Trying waveIn.Het
opgegeven apparaat wordt al gebruikt. Wacht tot het beschikbaar is en
probeer het opnieuw.

Unable to initialize wave input. You won't be able to speak to other players through a microphone.

"Het opgegeven apparaat wordt al gebruikt. Wacht tot het beschikbaar is
en probeer het opnieuw." is dutch and means the following. "The
selected divice is already being used. Wait until it's available and
try again."

I know you can't use your microphone for two things at the same time.
But this just started recently. It did work before. I'm running a virus
scan tonight.

hai~

Every so often, my microphone just stops working except in safe mode, and reinstalling the driver invariably fixes it.

Yes, I know safe mode disables one of your sound drivers, but I have others. :smile: