Thanks everyone for your comments and suggestions. Put quite simply XP's Explorer CD burning program sucks.

I am going to forget about it. Roxio works just fine. I also have the option of sending MP3 files to Windows Media Player from Wndows Explorer by highlighting and right clicking and saving as audio files. BANG!! WMP opens in CD burning mode with the songs on the left side of the screen ready to write. One more click and they are being recorded. The only thing I am loosing in XP burner is ability to make data cd's. I can perform this function easily in Roxio.

Thanks again.