I don't know about the Dell drivers but the Realtek drivers from the realtek website should have the feature you are looking for.

DOSBox also has internal audio and video capture functions.

And please don't use and don't advertise abandonware here.

Yeah, went to the realtek site and same problem with their drivers. Certain computers are able to enable "what you hear" through a lil hoop jumping. Others have to be more direct and take the problem head on. When I have to, I Audacity or use a "virtual cable" that works a lil iffy. Running a program like audacity is a bit much to have to start when I wanna record something.

Audio and video capture functions is close to what I am looking to do but only it would be the primary function and not dependent on a game to be loaded to do its magic.Since its Dosbox, there must be a way to get a mixer of sorts to run under dos enabling me to record what ever is coming out through the speakers. Would be a cool thing for all of the win vista+7+8 folks to have.

I apologize about the glitch in referencing abandonware. Not advertising it at all. But I will take the chance using it when the programs are comming from reputable authors. Never played Marathon (by bungie), I thank them for releasing the game's to the public, stuff like that (wont go on too much about the subject, I get the hint).

What are the chances that I could relay sound on the computer through a mixer in dosbox allowing me to record what I hear?
Just an idea.

Thanks.

chances are slim.
You are way better off to use a modern program like Audacity to do your recordings. You can record stuff directly in Dosbox and it HAS a mixer (readme) but once you have midi in games it gets more difficult.