Skype not recognizing Ear buds plugged in?

Question

Hi there..! 
I've used Skype for years now, and havn't had a problem like this before (Or at least i can't remember having one such as this). I plug in my Ibuds or whatever Apple calls them, and skype dosen't respond, or notice they're plugged in. I can hear through them (Both skype sounds, music, youtube, ect.), but they seem to be cancling my mic. Now, as anybody with them knows, they themselves (the earbuds) do not have a mic. I'm trying to use the built-in-mic, but it's not working (It works if i unplug the earbuds, though). 
When i go to change the audio settings (Both in-skype, and in my computer settings), it dosen't show anything other than the built-in mic & speakers (I find it odd, because the sound is comeing through my earbuds). I have tried to go through it from both in-call options, and out of call, through my control panle, and through useing %Run%. 
I have Windows 8, have an Intel b960 processor, Gateway brand laptop. I have a thing to plug in headphones and one for a mic, or i can also use one with a USB plug-in. I'm only plugging the ear-buds into the headphone spot, the others are empty. 
Untill late lastnight, i was useing a headset that used a USB and a headphone plug-in. 
I'm not sure what to add onto this, other than i have been looking for an awnser for the past hour, and havn't found one, but it's probably something pretty eazy to fix and i just don't know how. 

Answer 1

Your mic should not be cancelling when  you plug in ear/head phones into a standard jack.  usually that only happens when you plug in something to a mic jack or a combined mic/headphone jack.  In any case the control is generally a feature of the sound drivers and not Skype itself.  If your computer is using the IDT chipset you will probably have fiddle with the settings as most of their options use reverse logic.  If it uses the Realtek chipset you can usually seperate/split the inputs to combat issues with it automatically toggling your onboard mic on/off.  On my machine that setting is under "Device advanced settings" in the "Realtek HD Audio Manager" found in "Control Panel".