Still having recording problems.

Hi,
I have just purchased a new mic in an attempt to get the recording working.
This is an unpowered mic if that is at all important. I am still failing to
get any recording whatsoever in Sound Recorder or Netmeeting.

I have unchecked the mute buttons in the volume control and selected the
Select buttons in Recording control. The Soyo manual suggests that the
recorder and microphone in Windows are not enabled; "Please go to sound
properties and enable them." How does one do this?

I have a SY-7VBA 133 motherboard and have the latest drivers. The mic is
plugged into the mic jack socket. I have also tried it in the line-in
socket.

Can anyone help please?
Regards,
David Thomas.