[brucek]

I would attach picture but this is my first post...

That's what the post padding thread is used for.

I cannot find any setting in the Creative soundcard controls to enable/disable the "monitoring" feature.

Click the red + by the Line In/Mic In symbol in the Source panel and ensure Monitor is not checked in the Advanced Controls dialog this pops up.

brucek

 

[brucek]

To check in Vista if your soundcard is in monitor, check the Playback Devices screen (right click speaker icon in Windows System Tray) under properties / levels. Be sure that the line-in is disabled in Playback for your selected soundcard (as shown in the example attached jpg), and line-in is enabled in Recording Devices.

brucek