Hi Spikey,

"Spikey" <hedge_hogg@NOSPAMbtinternet.com> wrote in message
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> Am I right in thinking that XP has some basic recording facility built in?
> In media player?
>
> I've always used roxio software, so a bit vague on what XP will do without
> it. Ive just had a look in media player and it looks as if it will for
> music tracks.

Yes, Media Player will rip and burn music tracks to and from CDs (if that's
what you're asking).

> I have a neighbour who is having difficulty offloading his pictures from
> camera to pc then putting them on disc. Hes not pc literate and at this
> point I'm only assuming XP from the age of his computer and that he
> actually has some type of recordable drive. He saying he is following
> instructions from someone else and getting nowhere.
>
> I'm going to have a look tomorrow ( why me!!). So assuming he has the
> camera software installed and he has got at least a cd-r can the photos
> be transferred to disc without using 3-party burning software?

Yes, you can do it all in Explorer. Your friend's CDR drive should be in the
"send to" folder (right-click on a picture file, and select "send to"). The
picture(s) will go into a temporary folder, waiting to be burned to the
disk.

Tell him to click start, help and support. Look at the 2nd topic down in
the left column.

HTH Tony.