With the Windows sound recorder, initially the duration is short but to
extend it all you have to do is to click record again and it lengthens
that one. What I do is make different ones of specified length...one
5minutes, one 3, one 1minute and one 30 seconds, and a 10 second one. I
save them as 1 min, 5 min, etc. Then when I want to record a three
minute recording, I open that one and voila. After recording it I save
it as...give it a name and save it. This method preserves my 3 minute
default file. Works fine for me. I've even used it to record a 25
minute program.
Helen