Help recording guitar

first of all, let me say i am new to this and completely clueless about recording in general.
i just want to record some guitar and maybe some voice tracks.
i realize i need a lot more equipment and better hardware and software, but i'm not looking for studio quality recordings at this point, just something half way decent i can listen to.
i have no equipment besides my laptop hp g60-120us 2ghz, 4gb ram, and a samson g track usb microphone that i just bought.
could someone please show me how to set up adobe audition and my laptop properly so that i can get the most out of what limited equipment i have.
when i record now, i get a lot of white noise in the background...how would i go about getting rid of the white noise?
do i needs a asio driver?

Welcome! I could have a go at this, starting from the bottom:
You do need an ASIO driver to work well with modern soundcards and get realtime playback for overdubs.
The white noise may very well stem from the internal sound circuit or from level mismatch, or both. You should not use the internal sound input for any serious recording; it's not what it's meant for and the quality doesn't stand up.
Samson makes good stuff, and the mic itself is probably fine. You will however run into trouble using it as USB device togheter with another sound device; this is a limitation within the current ASIO technology (see below).
You do need a proper soundcard, like the M-Audio FastTrack
- which is just as a suggestion. There are many products to choose from for little money now. For your use it must have at least one mic input AND a guitar input (often labeled Hi-z or Instrument as well). Typically one input will double as mic / guitar.
Install its driver - typically before you even connect the device! - and then when everything is clear, open Audition and select it as your input/output device. This is described in the Audition manual.
You do need to connect your speakers and/or headphones to this soundcard now. With ASIO you do need to use the same device for both input and output. I am not sure if you can use your Samson USB mic in this setup. If it has an ordinary audio connection, just connect that to the soundcard.
Recording is simple: Point to a track, select an input, arm for record (red R), Record...
Overdubs: turn OFF the previous red R, point to a new track, do the same as above.
You may want to record the guitar with some effects on (distortion, chorus, whatever). Click on the Fx button just above the track headers, and from the Fx Rack you can select an effect to add to your track. Audition has some basic electric guitar effects built in, for starters.
You can even add reverb on your vocals the same way. I recommend the Studio Reverb effect here, since it won't strangle your computer as fast...
At the lower right corner of your Audition screen, check that 'Audition Mix' is selected!
There's much to be found about recording in general on the net, but the Audition manual is also a worthwhile read.

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