Hi Ralph,
Thanks for the video. What was shown is correct, the microphone should be muted in the playback mode. The window with the volume sliders is called the Volume Control, if you look at the menu selections there you’ll see Options\Properties, it’s under properties you can change it to recording mode. In the recording mode there is a check box called ‘Select” and that should be checked.
This is what you are looking at (notice mine is muted too).
Change it to recording under 'Adjust volume for' for the record mode.
This is what you should be looking at and make sure the 'Select' is checked.
In your first post, you said, “i set it up to Mic input, ever time i move back to VAC it mutes mic and goes to front mic, i dont use my front mic!!!!”. How many microphones do you have connected to your computer? If you have more than one, which your quote implies then you need to set the correct microphone up the Sounds and Audio Devices.
I hope this helps,