I don't have Windows 7 Stereo Mixer. What are my recording options?

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I don't have Windows 7 Stereo Mixer. I'm trying to record sound to no avail. Windows 7 gives me so much troubles. I hate microsoft for their marketing. I wish they invested these money into making really good products instead of making us unhappy after believing in their ads.

I've spend several weeks researching how to enable my Windows 7 stereo mixer and still didn't manage to do it. I tried to search with google and bing. Here are only some of the keywords that I have tried:

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I have tried every possible driver, but still no luck. How on earth can I make my Stereo Mix working in Windows 7???
What are my sound card recording options in Windows 7 if this is possible at all?

In Windows 7, Vista or XP you can try to enable your Stereo Mix (stereo mixer) from the Control Panel, by updating drivers and installing alternative drivers:
Missing sound recording option "Stereo Mix" / "Record What you hear" / "Waveout mix"

Please note that for some computers there are no drivers enabling the Stereo Mix. And without such a drive, you can't just enable it in the control panel of Windows 7.

But there other recording options in Windows 7. You can use software that doesn't need the Stereo Mixer for recording (many programs are compatible with Windows 7):
Audio/video recording software that allows to record sound without WaveOut/Stereo Mix (Windows 7, Vista, XP)
Please note that there are sound recording programs, video capture programs that can record without stereo mix, so you will probably be able to solve all of your Windows 7 problems.