Vista Mic Playback

"Skeptikul" <u45587@uwe> wrote in message news:88ec1e82c8039@uwe...

>
> I have windows vista.

Ah, hard luck !

When I plug in a microphone, I can't hear myself in the

> headphones. The vista mixer doesn't have a playback option for the mic.
> Any
> info would be greatly appreciated. Not sure if I need to download drivers,
> or
> just purchase a USB soundcard hoping it comes with software that will
> allow
> me to control a different mixer.

Did you upgrade or clean install. If an upgrade from Xp, then you should
have downloaded the Vista specific drivers for your soundcard from the
manufacturer's website. Try it and install them. XP drivers won't work with
Vista.

>I was wondering if I could download and
> install Windows XP or 98 so I will have the mic playback option.

See this article. It sounds like a real bitch to remove Vista

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2287685,00.asp

You can download XP, illegally of course, but then, you won't, will you
...... ?

>
> I've done alot of net searching for this topic. I can't seem to find a
> solution to the problem.
>
>

What are the specs of your soundcard (make, type etc) ?

Cheers,
Jerrry