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:
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> 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:
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> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >[color=darkred]
> > > 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...[/color]
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> >[/color][/color]