Skype interferes with microphone settings

I discovered the hard way that using Skype interferes with microphone settings in such a way that ViaVoice no longer recognizes the sound input device. It may affect other applications as well, I am not sure. I posted this issue back in July in a thread titled ViaVoice/Tiger, but no one had a solution at that time. After months of tinkering, emailing ScanSoft (no clue) and being very frustrated, I finally found the answer. I wanted to post it in its own thread to be sure people see it. Here is the fix:
After hours of trying different ways to get ViaVoice to work again after using Skype, I discovered this simple procedure:
1. Quit Skype
2. Go to System Preferences/Sound/Input
3. Select an input source *other than* the one you want to use with ViaVoice.
4. Launch ViaVoice SetupAssistant and click through the steps until you get the error message "It appears microphone is not connected .... "
5. Minimize all open apps so you can see the ViaVoice window, and select Quit ViaVoice
6. Now go back to System Preferences and change the input source back to the mic you want to use
7. ViaVoice will now function normally until the next time you use Skype, at which point it will break again.

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