Windows 7 Input Recording Not Working

This isn't about a problem with Sonar, I'm just at my wits end what could be causing this.  As you can see from my signature, I have an Alesis I/O 26 on Win7 64Bit.  The Alesis driver is working just fine on ALL of my DAW products.  However, I'm unable to see ANY input signal on Windows Recording under the Managing Audio Devices from either my Alesis, or the on board Realtek chip. I have the Free Sound Recorder, AND NCH's SoundTap that records streaming audio (YES it's legal), and they used to work just fine, but I can't seem to get a signal with either of them.  I REALLY feel SOO stupid, but I've GOT to get this fixed. 
 
ANY HEP?
KC