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The original poster reports that their headset is producing distorted sound and has difficulty hearing others, suspecting either the headset or declining PC performance. They mention issues with Windows updates and overall system deterioration. A responder suggests troubleshooting steps such as antivirus scans, malware removal, system cleanup, and checking for unwanted programs, indicating that software issues might be causing the problem but also acknowledging that hardware deterioration is possible. The overall tone is helpful and solutions-focused.
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Hello. Today my Link Removed headset decided to break and make sounds distorted. With Skype, i can barely hear people at max volume. I am unsure if the problem is my headset capability or my pc. My pc has been getting worse and worse. It can no longer install 1 exact update without failing, and it seems to be at the edge of its life span. If the case does happen to be my pc, then a solution would be great. Thanks
 

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1. Run a scan with your Antivirus
2. Run a scan with Malwarebytes
3. Run with, say, CCleaner. Get rid of junk, defrag your HDD, check the registry.
4. If you have installed new programs, check them = preferably get rid of them. You may have something unwanted installed, attachments are more and more common - you get what you never intended to get.

Of course it's possible your computer is going down, but that's commonly quite unlikely.

All for now, best wishes.
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1. Run a scan with your Antivirus
2. Run a scan with Malwarebytes
3. Run with, say, CCleaner. Get rid of junk, defrag your HDD, check the registry.
4. If you have installed new programs, check them = preferably get rid of them. You may have something unwanted installed, attachments are more and more common - you get what you never intended to get.

Of course it's possible your computer is going down, but that's commonly quite unlikely.

All for now, best wishes.
 

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