If you saw it, I had a recent fit with COD2, I believe from a Windows10 update with DirectX update (just my hunch). All of a sudden one day COD2 was severly laggy (a DirectX symptom) and my mic stopped working. I had played COD2 for years and re-installed many times through those years for new PCs or what4ever. So, I removed and attempted to re-install and wouldn't do it - it would get to DirectX part and fail. I learned DirectX 7 will not run under Windows 10 (which the old game wants to install). So, to my point, I had to buy and re-install via Steam and it has worked great, maybe better than previously. Unfortunately, the mic is still dead. It will turn on and works, physically, but then in anywhere from 5 seconds to 5 minuters, it will go off!! Something is hijacking it! May need a new sound control/drivere, or something. Hope to be shooting you in COD2 soon Pissy!!