marty, I know you have xp. Try steps below. Select the pictures you wish to burn to CD in the My Pictures folder. Choose Copy to CD from the Pictures Tasks menu. Go to Start then My Computer and click on the CD-burner icon. Select Write these files to CD from the CD Writing Tasks screen. This launches the CD Writing Wizard. Enter a name for the CD in the name field. Click Next. The burner writes the pictures to CD and a Completing CD Wizard screen appears and tells you the process has been successful. Click Finish.