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?

Thanks in advance.

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.

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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"Tony Luxton" <s.a.luxtonDELETETHIS@talk21.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Spikey,
>
> 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.
>

Thank you both for your replies. That sets it out quite clearly so I should
be able to walk him through the procedure ( assuming he has a cdr!).

Many thanks.

:o)

You're welcome, glad to help!

regards Tony.

"Spikey" <hedge_hogg@NOSPAMbtinternet.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Tony Luxton" <s.a.luxtonDELETETHIS@talk21.com> wrote in message
> news:587vdtF2fuo9bU1@mid.individual.net...
>> Hi Spikey,
>>
>> 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.
>>
>
> Thank you both for your replies. That sets it out quite clearly so I
> should be able to walk him through the procedure ( assuming he has a
> cdr!).
>
> Many thanks.
>
> :o)
>

"Spikey" <hedge_hogg@NOSPAMbtinternet.com> 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?

See this article on burning CD's in XP.
Burning CDs in Windows XP
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.htm

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