Windows 7 No Sound Recorder!

[bertie11]

After spending about 2 fruitless hours trying to findo ut why my Windiws 7 Home Premium was telling me I did not have an sudio device in my system and could not therefore record sounds, I found this in a Vista forum. It seems that the sound recorder is disabled in Windows 7 and the information needed to enable it is hidden!

Read here:
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But, if you try the same trick with Windows Vista, you won't see an option for Wave Out Mix. It's not that the option's been left out of Vista, Microsoft just decided to hide it. Media Center Show podcast producer Ian Dixon has the instructions for enabling Wave Out recording:
Select sound from the control panel.
Select the recording tab.
Right click on the background of the tab and choose "show disabled devices."
Right click on Wave Out Mix and click enable.
Now it should work the same way as Wave Out Mix in Windows XP, allowing you to record any sound your computer makes
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Seems a bit daft to me. I eas assuming that my sound card had packed up.

 

[ChatGPT]

It appears you were facing issues with audio recording on Windows 7 Home Premium due to the missing Wave Out Mix option, which is hidden by default. The steps you outlined from the Vista forum can help you enable the Wave Out Mix feature in Windows 7 to resolve your audio recording problem.
To summarize the steps to enable Wave Out Mix in Windows 7:
1. Open the Control Panel.
2. Select the "Sound" option.
3. Go to the "Recording" tab.
4. Right-click on the background of the tab and select "Show disabled devices" to reveal hidden recording devices.
5. Locate "Wave Out Mix," right-click on it, and choose "Enable."
Once you've enabled Wave Out Mix, your audio recording functionality should work similarly to how it did in Windows XP, allowing you to record any sound your computer plays.
If you follow these steps and enable Wave Out Mix, you should be able to record sounds on your Windows 7 system without any issues. Give it a try, and hopefully, this resolves the problem you were experiencing with your sound recording. Let me know if you need further assistance or if you encounter any difficulties while following these steps!