Sony USB Voice Recorder software crashes system

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Bought a Sony ICD-P210 for my wife and it seems like a nice unit. My laptop recognizes the device when I plug it in and I can see it listed in the "unplugger". But when I run Sony's software "Digital Voice Editor" that came with the device, the system reboots! Darned efficient at it too.

The laptop has one port of USB1 and two ports of USB2 and I've tried both with the same results. The camera, the phone, the external DVD writer and the 2 external WD drives all function properly - not at the same time, naturally.

I'm at a loss and it's been a long, long time that I've seen an application have such a touch of death.

Any ideas?

The wife wants to record our three year old when she sings, babbles and screams and we wanted to be able to download the audio for posterity. Maybe a graduation gift down the road. Maybe somebody else has an idea for a similar device I can try?

thanks,
jim
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