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Stereo Mix for Incoming Audio Missing?

Ok, long story short, I built my first computer right before Christmas but being out of town I haven’t had much time to tinker with it. I use my computer a lot for recording audio and making songs, and I often used to use the Stereo Mix and record incoming audio when I used Windows XP, and now on Windows 7 Home Premium, I noticed that isn’t an option. I’ve looked online and have seen most resolutions talking about enabling Stereo Mix (I know how to do that and it still isn’t there), and updating drivers…still no luck.

I’ve heard companies have paid Microsoft to remove it from the options to prevent music stealing, but that can’t be the case because others have the option. I’m using a MSI Motherboard with a build in sound card. Again, this is my first computer assembly, so is there a chance I didn’t connect a cable that could be responsible for me missing the stereo mix feature?

-Also, if you don’t know a solution, what’s a good incoming audio recorder? I used to use Acoustica Mixcraft, but it relies on Stereo Mix (so that’s my main problem).

I will select a best answers within the day.
Thank you!
I have fixed the issue…I downloaded the latest RealTek HD Audio Driver for Windows 7 64-bit, restarted the system and enabled stereo mix and set it as default..hope this helps!

http://www.realtek.com/downloads/downloadsCheck.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=14&PFid=24&Level=4&Conn=3&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false

^Download link for Audio Codec Driver