[ALAN E NORTH]

Billy O and Dale,

Billy O,

Thanks for the advice; I realize that I could plug the mic into the karaoke player and use it that way-but the whole purpose of using the laptop (for me) was to avoid lugging the karaoke player around if I went to somebody else's house.

I was really hoping to use just the laptop plugged into the TV set. Neverthelss, if that is what I have to do, I will do it.

Dale,

I tried the volume icon in the lower tray. There
doesn't seem to be any mic switch or option box (Vista).

There are some 'mixer' adjustments-but nothing related to 'muting' the mic. I'll keep looking around Vista for some kind of mic control.

I will also try a mic made for computers.

Thanks for trying.