Spikey wrote:
> 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.
>
> 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?

Windows XP can write to CD-Rs - not DVDs.
Start button --> Help and Support --> search for:

write CD

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