While I, perhaps foolishly, continue to use Roxio Easy Media Creator (now using version 8.0), folks should know of two serious downsides to it. First, with each new version, you lose the ability to open projects made in previous versions. I cannot understand why Roxio (now owneed by Sonic) cannot include the ability to open CD music projects created in previous versions - heck even FileMaker Pro databases let you convert previous database to the new format.
Even more serious is that EMC 8 has a serious conflict with some anti-virus programs that can wreck your Windows installation -- and Roxio has not been proactive in alerting users to this (I had to rebuild by C drive twice before I discovered the easily fixed problem). Not long after I finally abandoned Norton AntiVirus in favor of Trend Micro's PC-Cillin, I would always get a "drives busy" message when I tried to play a CD in any player (Windows Media, QuickTime, Real). Slowly but surely other parts of Windows broke down; the Quicken program was destroyed. I had to reinstall everything from scratch (fortunately I keep all data and settings on the D partition). Eventually, I learned that ECM8 does not get along well in Windows XP with some anti-virus programs (Roxio's website, naturally does not name them) and you need to download a utility from Roxio to disable Windows XP's RXFilter. Once that's done, you're golden -- assuming this conflict hasn't already trashed your Windows XP installation.
A genuinely responsible company would proactively alert its registered users to this conflict and name the anti-virus applications with which it has this conflict in Windows XP. (Well, heck a responsible manufacturer would also let new versions of the product open files created in previous versions too). Maybe Sonic will wake up and cure these ills. Then again, maybe they'll find weapsons of mass destruction in Iraq.