MarkLiberman

This doesn't really answer my question. Is Vista a "32-bit OS"in the required sense? If (in Vista on a Lenovo X61s) I start Sound Tap before another program that I want to record from -- say Firefox -- will it work? If so, I'll buy a copy with enthusiasm. If not, it doesn't help me.

There's a well-known and annoying design feature of new Lenovo laptops (e.g. the X61s) -- they lack the "stereo mix" feature that normally allows you to record what is played back. See for example this discussion: http://forums.lenovo.com/lnv/board/message...p;thread.id=316 It's possible to get around the problem in software using "Virtual Audio Cable" http://software.muzychenko.net/eng/vac.html but this system is rather complicated to use. When I try SoundTap, it looks to me as if it fails to solve this problem. If I'm wrong, I'd love to buy a copy, and I expect that lots of other Lenovo users would as well. Thanks, Mark Liberman