I have to have Windows Live Messenger on while I am working as this is the communication method for the company I am with. Since I upgraded to Windows 7, I noticed that if I receive an IM and at the exact time press on my foot pedal, Express Scribe and my foot pedal will no longer work. No functions on the foot pedal or in Express Scribe (i.e., play, ff, rewind) work. Closing express scribe, unplugging the foot pedal, reinstalling the software do not help the situation. The only "fix" is for me to save all my work and restart my entire computer, which is counterproductive. Is there some setting or a hotfix or something that I can do, other than not use Windows Live Messenger, that will fix this problem. I did not have this problem with XP.
Thanks in advance.