Auto-adjusting microphone levels can be annoying for some. Here is how you can turn off the auto volume control of the Google Voice chat plug-in.
- Close your web browser
- Open regedit
- Go to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Google Talk Plugin
- Change the value of “audio-flags” to 1. It is probably set to 3 currently
- Close regedit and restart browser