I'm having a strange problem with my headset, whenever I plug in my headset I get microphone playback. When I go to Recording Devices -> Properties -> Listen -> Listen to this device, it's turned off. If I enable it, I can hear myself twice through the speakers. Does anyone know how to fix this? I don't have this problem with my laptop or other desktop.
16 Answers
You should be able to turn off microphone playback through the speaker’s Control Panel settings:
- Right-click the speaker icon in the notification area
- Select Playback devices
- Right-click the output device
- Select Properties
- Click the Levels tab
- Find the Microphone device
- Click the speaker icon next to the microphone to mute it
- Click
[OK]in the two dialog boxes
For Windows 10:
open Sound settings
click on App volume and device preferences
set the Output to Realtek Digital Output (or whatever output device you're using).
I can think of several things to try right off the bat:
- This could be a result of the headset using special software to manage the headset without using the default Windows software.
- This device might not be made for PC (The conclusion of this thread: )
- The drivers might need to be updated.
I have one modification to step 3 of Anonymouse's answer:
- In App volume and device preferences, set this level to zero:
This volume is giving you self-feedback.
If you're using Samson C01U Pro mic as both mic and sound card, with Samson Sound Deck software, there is a special button to disable microphone output to headphones 
After having gone through all the above solutions, with no success, even when the Mic was supposedly disabled, I felt as if there was another MIC set up.
Sure enough - the solution was to be found in the Realtek Audio Manager:
