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My best guess is the a sound card fault.

Thanks for the update, I was just starting to type when your post popped up.

Just to say, I've tested on a Guest account on XP and no problem.
Blocked file type sounds like a good possibility

In that case it would appear to be your sound card.
Have you checked if there updated drivers available? Surprising as it might sound, we have had DC offset issues reported here that have been fixed by updating the drivers.

Step 1.
Download the latest Audacity 1.3.x version from here: http://audacityteam.org/download/beta_windows

Step 2.
Install Audacity.

Step 3.
Read this: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php? ... e_computer

This has come up before, but quite a while ago. If I remember correctly it's a Windows update that triggers the issue (I wish they would say "Windows has a problem and needs to close Audacity" - that would be more accurate). Assuming it is the same problem, you are not going to be able to ...

See here: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php? ... shRecovery

Note: If you open Audacity and it says "orphaned files found, do you want to delete them?" do NOT delete them.

when you import a file with a sample rate of 48K and it is the first file you import, the project rate is changed to 48K and the file is upsampled to 32-bit float. If you first create a track (say, generate tone) at 44.1K, then import the 48K tone, the project rate will remain at 44.1K, but the imp...

I did check for updates via device manager and it says my sound drivers are up to date. (Of course, I don't really trust the device manager to keep drivers updated) Have others with Windows has this problem? (If it is an operating system problem) Yes, we've seen quite a lot of Windows 7 users that ...

Does the DC bias always occur? (the fault could be in the audio that you are downloading).

gmjs wrote:Is there a hard-coded location that the file is stored in before copied to the location you specify?

Not as far as I know (but not to see that is impossible).
Have you tried using a "portable" set-up yet?