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I've read all over on the internet but none of the solutions help me. I use Stereo Mix to send sounds over MSN using the record button as well as using the mic. The mic works fine in 7 and stereo mix used to work in windowsxp and vista but now in windows 7 on the same machine (Acer 4420 notebook) there is no stereo mix. I go into the sound control panel then right click and say
Show disabled devices
Show disconnected devices
and all that shows up is the monitor microphone, the microphone sound card jack and line-in. I need Stereo Mix to work in Windows 7.
I've written for help on the microsoft answers board twice now and they ignored me, I've asked on yahoo answers, they ignored me. I even wrote to realtek and they have ignored me as well twice now, I will be contacting the better business bureau to complain about customer service if I cannot reach a solution. I have been trying to find a solution for a month now!
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I have fixed the stereo problem.I went back to H/P and asked them to fix it. and they updated the bios and updated the audio driver.Lokks like it's an older driver but it works fine and I have my stero back.The update for the bios is the fix,along with update driver.
Hi Epic_Geek,
I see that you have posted on Microsoft Answers Forum before and Praseetha had replied to your query. Please let us know if you have followed all her suggestions.
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Gulrez
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Sorry I'm a bit late to this forum.
No Stereo Mix in Windows 7 has been bugging me, of and on, for over a year.
As I have a couple of Dell Inspiron 6400 laptops and a Windows XP partition on both, I could use stereo mix there, and I just left the problem about Windows7 on the back burner.
Now two things in this forum, put together, have solved the problem for me.
(Click on speaker icon on the start bar-in taskbar notifications or whatever, click on recording devices-right click in box, and tick 'show disabled devices', then stereo mix appears-then enable the device)
Suddenly Stereo Mix can be used in all my favorite software.
I hope this helps someone else.
Do you have info on the IDT driver? Can you share it with us?
strangely,no...all i know is i succeeded because of a lucky mistake,risky but it worked.Visiting IDT's site gave me no information whatsoever and being an ignoramus (about tech and stuff)i got discouraged fast.Try Dells website for advanced models,perhaps it might also work for you!
In this case, please update the drivers, then go to Audio Properies or point the mouse at the speaker icon in the Tray--> , Right Click --- Recording Devices- then at the space Right click mouse and CHECK every box to ENABLE disconnect and disable devices.. YOU would see Stereo Mix there..
