Posted September 6, 200816 yr U can try a Virtual Audio Driver "Pierre" wrote: > > Hi Liquidmind, > > Thank you for your support but I would like a solution. > > I asked Dell if the buying of another sound card would give me the > functioins I want, ie Stereo Mix and In monitoring. Those incompetents > didn't know how to answer. > > I am amazed. It is like I am the only one in this world with this problem. > Me and a small few of others like me. Does anybody know somebody at > Microsoft or at Creative or at Dell's? > > Dell sold me a computer that is lacking important functions and it seems > that they gonna go away with it. I am mad!!! > > What makes me more than mad is that I don't know who really is responsible > for my problem: Dell, Microsoft or Sigmatel. But either ways I am mad. > > Pierre C. > Montreal, Canada > > > "LIQUIDMIND" wrote: > > > WOW PIERRE!!!!!! > > > > THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT!!!!! > > I HAVE SIGMATEL TOO, I HAVE CONTACT THEM AND MICROSOFT AND EVEN GATEWAY. > > SPENT HOURS IN TOTALITY JUST TO FIND HOW THE HECK TO ENABLE STEREO MIX OPTION > > - WELL JUST AS YOU SAID, WHY IN 2007 WITH HIGH TECH AND EVERYTHING SOME CARDS > > ARE LACK OF STEREO OPTIONS, CAUSE THE PROBLEM IS NOT VISTA ITSELF, BUT THE > > COMPATIBILITY WITH OTHER SOUND CARDS. > > > > EVEN THOU SOME PEOPLE HERE WERE ABLE TO ENABLE THIS OPTION, CONGRATULATIONS > > BY THE WAY, WE WHO HAVE SPENT $$$$ ON NEW PC WITH THE SOUND CARD SIGMATEL > > HAVE TO SIT AND SUFFER. > > > > ANNNNDDDDDDDDDD YES!!! SOME COPYRIGHTS ISSUES ARE ALSO INVOLVED - THEY KNOW > > WE CAN RECEORD AUDIO FROM LIVE RADIO AND REEORD ANY LIVE CONCERT OR ANY PHONE > > LINE CONVERSATION OR WHATEVER IS GOING THROUGH YOUR PC. THEY ARE LIMITING US > > TO MAKE US SPEND MORE AND MORE $$$$$ EVEN THOUGH I ALREADY SPENT $860 ON A > > BRAND NEW T5226 DESKTOP PC WITH VISTA PREMIUM, INTEL VIDEO CARD, PENTIUM D > > 925 DUAL CORE 3.GHZ, 1 GIGARAM, WHICH WINDOWS WHEN BOOTED ALREADY CONSUMES > > MORE THAN 512, AND WITH THE ANTIVIURS AND OTHER DEFAULT RUNNING PROGRAMS, > > WHEN MY COMPUTER IS IDLE, ALREADY IS CONSUMING MORE THAN 70% OF RAM MEMORY - > > THIS SUCKSSSs!!!!!!!!!!! > > > > SO ALL THIS IS A WAY OF CONTROL - IF YOU WANT SOME FEATURES YOU HAVE TO > > $$$$$$$$$ PAAYYYYYYYY MORE AND MORE, AND THEY MAKE HOW MUCH, 10 MILLION > > DOLARS A DAY , SHT!!!!!!!!! > > > > WITHOUT THESE OPTIONS I CANT RECORD ANY VIDEO SHOW WITH AUDIO ON A SREAM > > PLAYER, COME ON MICROSOFT - COMPATIBILITY ISSUES? COME ON!!!!!!!! > > > > AAHAA YEAH RIGHT!, MMJUMM > > > > "Pierre" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > Got to control panel, select classic and click on sounds, click on the > > > > recording tab and right mouse button click anywhere in the white panel, put > > > > a check mark in "show disabled devices " Stereo mix is disabled as a > > > > default, just re-enable it and you're good to go. > > > > Thanks Vista... > > > > > > I have a Dell Dimension 9200 with Vista Home Premium and a Sigmatel > > > integrated audio module. > > > > > > I am mad with frustration about this lack of audio functions. I feel > > > betrayed and defrauded. I spent hours talking with support technicians at > > > Dell's. Even more hours reading countless posts on hundreds of forums. > > > > > > The solution given up here does not work on my system. My version of Vista > > > is French. > > > The two boxes are checked but nowhere can I see a Stereo Mix option (even > > > grayed). > > > > > > From the beginning I find misunderstanding. It looks like if the technicians > > > at Dell's never heard about recording an internal audio signal. Finally they > > > referred me to Microsoft where I was returned to Dell unless I accept to pay > > > a 79 $ an hour fee for help (without any promises that my problem would be > > > solved). > > > > > > Who could imagine that one could buy a computer in 2007 with the latest > > > technology and that this computer would be "crippled" compared to an older > > > one? Stereo mix (or waveout) is a function I have for years on all my > > > computers whatever the OS or the sound card. I think that Dell should at > > > least put it clear on their advertisements that their new computers are > > > lacking these important functions. > > > > > > On the contrary, they seem to play innocence and put on me the burden of > > > having bought a computer without asking all the questions. When you buy a > > > car, would you ask if it comes with a brake pedal? > > > > > > Right now it would help me to know who is to blame for this mess. (Yes this > > > is a huge mess. Just Google "vista waveout" and you will see thousands of > > > desperate users) > > > > > > Is it Vista? Is it the manufacturer (Dell, Sony, Gateway)? Or is it Sigmatel > > > (the audio module)? > > > > > > And what is the reason for all this? It looks too big to be only a mild > > > omission. Is it possible that it is related with DMR and the copyright phobia > > > in which the music recording industry seems to have fallen? > > > > > > Pierre Cloutier > > > Montreal > > > > > > > > >
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