Audigy 2 ZS Platinum microphone problem with Sk

I am having difficulty getting my headset to work with SKYPE when I plug it into the platinum front panel (mic2). I can hear myself through my headset or speakers, I've even managed to record a message that can be played back using wavestudio (after?tinkering), but I cannot get the thing to work with skype. I have upgraded from a Soundblaster Li've! card, something that had no problems with SKYPE. Since upgrading, my friends think I've become a mute. I've checked every setting I can think of without success. Does anyone have any ideas on anything I might have overlooked??

I've done as you asked but I still have problems. Skype works now but I'm still having difficulty, as I have discovered that the only way I can get the mic to work is to swap the REC column within surround mixer to MIC2. Then it works. I thought MIC2 was a shared socket that enables you to connect a second microphone, was I wrong?I also sound like a dalek that is trying to gargle with a glass of water, so there's still things to be done.
Also, any changes I make to surround mixer seem to revert back to the defaults after a period of time.So I have to keep making the same changes when I want to use skype.Can I set up my own defaults?
Message Edited by PourVendre on 03-25-20062:04 PM

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