A number of new Vista laptops unfortunately have "input monitoring" disabled or not available in the soundchip driver. You may have to pursue an external (e.g. USB) sound solution for your laptop.

Also, a number of new Vista laptops come with Stereo Mix disabled by default. You need to go to the audio properties of your sound card ("Control Panel / Sound"), select the recording tab, right click in the area where the different options are listed, and selecte "show disabled devices". If "stereo mix" is available, it will show up here and you can enable it. That doesn't give you "input monitoring", but it puts you one step closer to more fully using your laptop.


John

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