new download will not record

Windows 7; After pressing the record button, the cursor remains on 0.0 and the vertical recording line blinks. I uninstalled and reinstalled and attempted again, with the same results. How would I correct this issue. … And thanks for offering this free software. I’ve used it before on this computer and deleted it, and found it to be a great program.

There’s quite a number of things that can do that.

http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/faq_recording_troubleshooting.html#pauses

Koz