No sound though microphone jack in Windows 7 (Bootcamp).

I'm having a problem where the microphone that came with my webcam is not working in Windows 7. The OS seems to know when it's plugged in and when it is unplugged, but it is not picking up any sound through it. I've tried enabling it, disabling it, rolling back the drivers (which makes the headphones jack stop working), and un/reinstalling the drivers. Importantly, the microphone does work in OSX Lion. I don't have another microphone to test it with, but I'm relatively sure it is not a problem with the microphone and rather is a problem with the Windows drivers. Here's the driver information:
Driver: Cirrus Logic CS4206B (AB35)
Date: 4/14/2011
Version: 6.6001.1.32
And here's the system information:
2011 Mac Mini 2.5GHz i5 with 4Gb RAM and AMD Radeon HD 6630M graphics
Running Windows 7 UItimate 32bit on Bootcamp version 4.0
If there's more information needed, let me know. Thanks!

Audio device driver: Mini uses ? I know some Macs use RealTek and others have Cirrus so whatever you have, then RealTek is easy to deal iwth and install, Cirrus is harder to find and install.
Audio pretty much does not work w/o user manually updating

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Sorry fffcmad,
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I have to try and remember to state things I have tried previously or am aware of; my bad!
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I'm aware of ex-fat format.
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