WMP still wrong

Audacity is listed in the Free great programs list for windows although I didn't use the windows version,
It was a little bit more interesting to use than the K3b but it's a cool sound editing program for sure I'll use it allot I have quite a few music files with annoyingly long delays at the beginning and end

K3b I didn't get much from google on it but it's an extra download with the software manager/ Video and sound so it's one of the top highest rated utilities but I'm not sure if it has a windows freeware version but was very easy to use so easy this caveman was able to use straight away
I'm sure you could use either using VMware I'm personally using Linux mint mate 17.1 not in a vm though my processor is only a dual so I don't want to stress it with a vm

Might be an alternative to try to burn with Linux and K3b "if" xpburner fails which it failed for me
Cheers.

Yep Ken I might try that one too as I cannot get any answers out of Cyberlink or Nero which also has an attractive offer. I don't mind paying as long as it works what I want it to do and that is really just ripping and making compilation CD's

Sounds more like a files issue than a wmp issue to me like I said wmp is very finicky but if a corrupt file exist nothing will burn it,
Just you saying ripping them again fixes the issue so :/
Either way I've edited and burned 5 other disks so far in Linux all work great in truck's player :)

Ok Ken I will try the Linux on my days off - will have more time to do that.

The problem I agree is a file one and coincides with a problem I had a while back when my replies to the forum were being lost. But even a clean install did not fix that until I temporarily closed the Media Centre.

So why this whole thing has blown up in my face is a mystery and leaves me thinking maybe it happened when I installed a larger SSD to the main machine to stop the post problem and clean install maybe I have just got unlucky with a dodgy drive? The other source malware is possible I suppose being carried over the the new laptop with the music files which like you say are corrupt themselves.
But several scans with anything I can think of didn't come up with anything so I shall clear the music library in the new laptop and then transfer the music from Toshy via stick to the Asus.

As I think I mentioned the Toshiba is working as should be and I am busy re ripping the music to it.

Anyway thanks to you and everyone who has chipped in help me sort this really irritating problem out:)