No Stereo Mix in Windows 7 Please Help!

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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.

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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.

To check your previous thread, click here.

Get back to us so that we can troubleshoot further, if required.

Regards,

Gulrez

Microsoft Answers Support Engineer

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Anonymous

2014-03-26T13:12:06+00:00
THE ANSWER LAY BELOW (No matter what YOUR cause is)

Below you will find the four most likely fixes, in order from simplest to most involved. Your fix is likely one of the first two.

It can be very daunting and frustrating for the casual computer user to solve rather common and simple problems, in a large part, due to the issue, plauging this forum, of there being multiple correct answers of which the one you need is one. I find that it is commmon for the most complicated to often be near the top. Probably cause techie folk answer questins a lot, and we thank them. This leads to us mortals attempting these fixes, often taking hours to do so, only to find that we not only haven't fixed the issue but have now messed things up worse. So I feel that it would be nice if Microsoft would take it upon themselves to do, what I will do here, with all these Q&A boards. This will likely be at the bottom cause its new so I ask anyone with authouity to move it to the top for the sake of your customers. Good Luck all. #keepitreal
1. Dominicm633 - .click on recording devices-right click in box, and tick 'show disabled devices', then stereo mix appears-then enable the device ;) :DD
2chen0378 (My solution)

.In System Tray, click the speaker
- Click Mixer
- Click icon for Speakers
- In Speaker Properties>Levels Tab
- Un-mute Input Monitor
3.Zangrief --I just downloaded the newest Realtek HD drivers and now stereo mixer works!

4.Epic_Geek--The problem lies in the drivers. The drivers supplied by microsoft for the Realtek devices as well as the newer drivers supplied

by Realtek are not good drivers, they do not have the feature.

The solution, as I had to find for myself, is to simply uninstall the newer drivers and disable the automatic driver installation

policy, then install the older Vista_Win7_R237 drivers.

The older drivers are better even though they are obsolete, how Ironic :)

5- (NOT THE ANSWER)

CHOUNG replied on

Dear Geek and ALL,

This Stero MIX problem has started with Vista and now windows 7.. And that this has nothing to do with SOUND DRIVERS whatsoever...

The reason Stero Mix disappears in Vista and Windows 7 has NOTHING to do with sound drivers at all.

Because this problem only happens to CERTAIN BRAND of LAPTOPS only..

This is because these BRANDS such as DELL, VAIO, ACER, etc.have signed an AGREEMENT with.The Music Recording Industry to TAKE STREO MIX off windows Vista and 7..

That 's why you would find that other PC laptops BRANDS such as Fujitsu, Toshiba, ASUS etc.... Stereo MIX is still functioning well in Vista and Windows 7..

I worked as PC technician since 1994 .. and this is the first problem that NO ONE want to answer, even though THEY KNEW..

many customers have sent their written complaints to Microsoft, DELL, VAIO, ACER (now Gateway) (Me too) but they would try their best to be EVASIVE...but never explain even though THEY knew it.

If people want stereo Mix back...we must start CLASS ACTION.. by STOP BUYING these BRANDS (Vaio, Acer, Dell etc) and tell THEM OUT LOUD why we boycott them....

That's all.

In the mean time, if those people with DELL, ACER, VAIO want to use STERO MIX function , You can install VAC (Virtual Audio Cable) software.. http://software.muzychenko.net/eng/vac.htm

Or come back to Windows XP.. with XP Stereo MIX would work well in every PC

bye all
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Anonymous

2013-12-09T15:53:17+00:00

it works fine just go to youtube and u willfing the video and download HD audio manager Realtek it workd on my laptop Sony Vaio E series you just have to follw the steps and change the registry
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Anonymous

2013-12-08T01:28:32+00:00

Thank you so much...

These people are such a hypocrite !!! Thanks so much for such a clear answer I tried installing drivers too but it never fixed..
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