I have these piece of crap creative fatality "gaming" headphones. It has an issue where if you plug it in and you already have an app open that emits sound, it will not play through the headphones until you close and reopen the app. That's a problem in and of itself, but this one is worse...

Before I get started, I'm just gonna throw this out there. For whatever reason, installing a mic is dumb. I have had to do this at least 3 times over the coarse of 5 years, where I go for help on forums on installing a mic. Each time, it's a new problem. It truly is amazing. I just bought...