Trying to get a simple headset working with my (otherwise functional) Dell Dimension 9200 has led me to the hell I'm in now: no sound, scouring 2 year old message board posts for dodgy links to poorly labeled sigmatel drivers. Horror awaits inside! [more inside]
posted by Oktober on Sep 16, 2011 - 2 answers

What's a good freeware tool to capture tiny bits of videos (avi, divx, etc.) on my Vista PC? [more inside]
posted by activities not in keeping with my status on May 16, 2009 - 7 answers

In Windows Vista, under playback devices, I selected "Don't use this device" for the default audio device. Now that device has entirely vanished, and I can't get it back. [more inside]
posted by agropyron on Jan 2, 2009 - 2 answers

A friend had a question I was uncertain about... is there a way on a laptop running Vista -- short of having two sound cards -- where you can have Ventrillo voice chat through any kind of headphones, while at the same time having entirely seperate streaming radio playing to speakers through the audio out port on the laptop? She's open to any kind of headphones or any streaming audio software which would support this. Failing this... is there a good, simple, ideally non-invasive workaround to add a second sound card to a laptop?
posted by markkraft on Apr 9, 2008 - 5 answers

I'm using Audacity to record audio from various software on my laptop, but it's grabbing info from my microphone instead of my speakers. How do I fix this?! [more inside]
posted by abbyladybug on Dec 9, 2007 - 31 answers

Vista screwed up my ability to record inline audio. How do I fix it? [more inside]
posted by superbird on Aug 7, 2007 - 5 answers

Is there any way to do Stereo Mix recording in Windows Vista when the soundcard does not support this feature?
posted by punishinglemur on Jun 23, 2007 - 1 answer