How to Play Music in a Chat Room With Vista
Windows Vista does not have the default “Wave Out” recording options found in previous versions of Windows. This can make it difficult to play the sound from your computer in things such as chat rooms. Fortunately, you can enable these options as long as your sound device and its drivers support this feature.
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Instructions
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Click on “Start” and type “control” in the search box.
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Press the “Enter” key on your keyboard.
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Click on the "Hardware and Sound" icon. If you are in Classic View, change to "Control Panel Home" to locate the "Hardware and Sound" icon.
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Click on the “Sound” icon.
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Click on the “Recording” tab.
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Right-click anywhere in the list and select the “Show disabled devices” option.
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Look for an option called “Stereo Mix,” “Wave Out” or “What you hear.” Only one of these options is available if you have a supported sound device and driver. If you cannot find one of these options, update your sound card driver from the manufacturer’s website.
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Right-click on the option and select “Enable.”
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Right-click on the option again and select “Set as default device.”
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Play some music on your computer.
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Connect to the chat room and click on the microphone button. The chat program should now play the audio coming from your computer.
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