Headphone volume low in Windows XP

Hi, I've lived with this problem through 2 macpro's and 3 headphone sets and just figured that maybe by now there may be a fix out there for it.
My problem is that I can't seem to get the voice volume high enough on the windows side to comfortably make myself heard on TeamSpeak.
On the mac side using Team Speak there is plenty of volume so it seems like it is a windows xp problem.
I max out the sound controls on the windows side using the sounds properties in the control panel but still can't seem to get it loud enough.
I've read of similar problems on the forum with laptops but haven't come across a fix for the MacPro yet.
Hope someone can solve this one.

There's only been a few issues with sound so you might try a search if you haven't already and see what you can find in the meantime. Something like ""Windows XP sound problems""?
Make sure you've updated the Mac/BootCamp drivers on the Windows side.
Have you updated via the "AppleSystemUpdate" in the Control Panels/Scheduled Tasks in XP?
If I remember, re-downloading the sound drivers helped for some?
I think one had to use the front or rear sound port (the opposite he was using before) and it seemed to help, but can't remember exactly what their issue was.
Found this?:http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=12700903&#12700903
Sorry can't help more...

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