Others say...

"Trial version?"
I've use version 5 for years so I thought this might be a little better.
I had not used it since installation but today I wanted to burn a DVD and got the message "trail version expired". I check the box and no where does it say that it is a trial version. How many people would spend $25 for a trial version? This has the earmark of a class action suit. How many people got riped off with this one. Never again will I spend money on roxio.

"Avoid at all costs"
caused my CD drive to stop working completely. When I tried to update it I got the black screen of death "windows could not start normally". Thank god I had a roxio removal tool (cant even uninstall it without a special tool)

AVOID

"Can't uninstall it"
I have to agree with everyone else that this software is a piece of junk. I've had problems with it on three computers and when I gave up on it, found out I couldn't uninstall the components and I tried everything. I think this software is the first stage of a terrorist attack.

"This doesn't work with Windows XP Media Center Edition"
This product totally screwed up my computer. It isn't user friendly. It wouldn't burn CDs or DVDs and locked the E drive door shut. The only way I could get it open is to turn off the computer. DON'T use Drag to Disc!I tried everything to get it to make a slideshow and burn it to a disc.......no. AND it locked out any other CD burning program from making a disc (i.e., Picasa)of my photos. It has taken over my computer's ability to burn discs. The Help suggestions did not work. It cost more to call Roxio than the software cost in the first place, so I didn't do that. I am now having to pay a computer geek $100 to come and clean it out of all my files.

"If You Want a Computer Lockup, This Is For You"
I bought this hoping it was basically an updating of CD Creator 5 (the classic "blue box"). It wasn't. This is a badly done program that runs you over the river and through the woods, and when it's all done may or may not burn the disk. The added bonus is that it locks up your computer half the time (I'm running XP SP2 with the updates installed). Ever since Roxio took over, Creator has gone steadily downhill. I uninstalled this and dug out my old Creator 5 disk. It installed and works perfectly. It's still the best program for burning CDs (Pinnacle Studio gets top honors for DVDs, not counting professional-level products in the $700-up category like Adobe Premiere). If you want to burn CDs with a current program, or want a basic CD-DVD combo program, go with Nero. It's far better than anything from Roxio (Easy Media Creator is a mess). Nero is stable and it works as advertised. I use it sometimes and have no complaints; I just prefer Creator 5.