[Troubleshoot] Cirrus Logic CS4206A (AB 32) issues

Hi,
I brought my iMac back in december 2011 and have been using the default microphone ever since, recently I've noticed that the quality of the mic had deteriorated and so I decided to buy a new one. I purchased the Sandberg Headset One (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sandberg-125-26-Headset-One/dp/B003OYOBY0) with the headphone splitter adapter, the microphone works perfectly on OSX and is very good quality for the price, although when I'm on Windows 7 via bootcamp the microphone stops working alltogether and the default iMac Microphone is all the works, the headphones on the headset still work, it's just the mic that is malfunctioning. I've tried to install new drivers for the Cirrus Logic CS4206A (AB 32) sound card but no luck getting the microphone to work at this point.
Does anyone know how to solve this issue and get the microphone to work on Windows, or has anyone else experianced this issue?
Thanks

I solved this on my laptop just now, but not quite sure how.
I uninstalled the driver, and clicked the checkbox when uninstalling the driver to delete the files.
Then, after rebooting, it worked. I suspect it worked because I had earlier installed other drivers, which it then defaulted to. I installed the realtek audio drivers off the Mac OS X cd, but I suspect that wasn't it.
I installed cirrus logic drivers from here:
http://www.cirrus.com/en/support/lic/lic3.html?uri=/en/pubs/software/CS4207WinVista_Win7_32-64-bit6-6001-1-21.zip
Or maybe it was the vista drivers I got from:
http://www.stuffedcow.net/macbook_audio
Or maybe these two sources drivers' are the same - and I did just get it from the cirrus site
If you get it working, I recommend you reply here and state exactly what it was that got it working for you. Just make sure to uninstall the driver and in doing so delete the files too (there's a checkbox in vista). This way it will default to what appears to be older drivers if/when you install those.
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