"Hook up device
Let OS find it
Then open Recording software."

That's the way I did it, and that's when RealBand locked up as it was starting.

"Win7 32 bit or 64 bit?"

32 bit Win 7 Ultimate on Atom powered mini notebook.

"Current drivers for the device? P-n-P doesn't mean it has current drivers. "

Windows update ran 2 days ago. Haven't updated since trying the USB capture device (which, btw, comes with no specific drivers of it's own - says doesn't need them - which means it uses the ones Windows already has)

Good to know it works on some versions of Win7 - thanks for that confirmation. I will look at the ASIO side of things. I have one ASIO driver on the machine now, for a guitar pedal, audio in/out device that I have at home. I will try that as well soon, but it worries me that I can't get the basics working properly.