ProBook 4530s mic input switched to line input

Hello- Have a ProBook 4530s that needs microphone input reconfigured as a line input. There is no visual information provided when a 3.5 mm cable is attached to mic input/line out, as a friends Dell 1555 provides. Please assist. Also, is the there a way to update this with a GUI ?
Thanks,
Johnyik

Hi Johnyik,
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