Creative Sound Blaster Not Recording Microph

Hi guys,
I am totally frustrated. Just recently I had to do a system restore. I have the good ol reliable Sound Blaster 2NX model SB0300. I use this mainly to record my elvis impersonation (lol).
But as is the case with System restore; The creti've application was effecti'vely rendered useless. I have lost the isntallation CD so I tried manual download here; that did not work so then I did the auto.
sound blaster is working, playing music, in fact it sounds better than before. After system restore I also updated all the computer drivers...so they're up to date.
Now then, I can hear my voice and music an all but, its not recording. When I press the record button an error message appears to effect "The recording format is not supported". I am unable to even use the other appliactions I use to record music eg REAPER etc and now I am not able to recod vocals. At fist I thought it was the sound card mixing but now I am suspecting the Blaster.
I have read most of the threads here and have played arround (ie sound mixing?& selecting "what U hear", in fact i've tried all the selections exhausting all possibilities; so now I'm seeking help from the experts.
Help.
What to do!?

Profanity-riddled abusi've posts removed, and account banned.
Bye bye.
Cat

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Attached is an annotated picture of almost all the Creative hardware I've bought over the years.
Take a good long look at that picture. Think about how many songs have been played through those devices, think of how many movies have been heard through those devices, think of how many games made me jump out of my seat from sound effects heard through those devices, and lastly think how many thousands of hours this amounts to.
STOP READING and LOOK at that attached PICTURE.
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