Music Creator LE problems!

Just got this software (LE 3) with a Samson USB mic for home recording on an HP with Vista 64. i installed the software, it worked well once, crashed twice, and now I cant even access it. It wont read the install log to uninstall, it says its running when I try to intall over it and it does nothing when I click the desktop icon. Anybody had this problem or know a possible solution? 

Also... using a USB mic to record in Music Creator is not the best way to do things...... and don't ask me why they (cake) continues to package MC-LE with USB mics. 

The main problem with USB mics is that they are viewed as a second sound card and quite often the 2 sound cards clocks are not running in sync. This results in weird things happening between the timing in various tracks. 

Using a USB mic is fine for pod casting and stuff with one track of audio. 

My suggestion is, if you bought this to do multitrack audio & midi recording that you return the USB mic for a credit and purchase a USB based Recording Interface with audio and midi inputs and an inexpensive condenser mic. Then you are set to embark on a wonderful journey into the world of multitrack recording. 

Note: there used to be a "sticky" in the MC forum describing how to get the Sampson USB mics to work well enough to actually record some small audio projects.... however, the last time I went looking to see if I could find the link, it had been removed my the moderators.  So.... while it is possible to get a USB mic to work with this software, it is not the easiest thing, nor is it the best solution.