A Lister wrote a couple of days ago, that they were having trouble getting track info for CD audios they were burning. The following article from Lockergnome Tech may have the answer and I believe this will be of interest to other Adaptec users. George CD Burning Nightmares Houston, we have a problem. The CD Database information (CDDB) that allows you to toss an audio CD in your drive and automatically download the track information no longer works in Adaptec EZ CD Creator 4 for the PC or Toast 4 for the Mac. How can this be? Well, it has to do with politics. CDDB.com is now owned by Gracenote, and they have since shut off Adaptec applications' access to the data because of failure to renew their CDDB license agreement with Gracenote. Here's the message I received when I tried this out using the copy of EZ CD Creator 4 that came with my notebook: MSG: Adaptec's license to use the Gracenote CDDB(tm) MSG: service has expired. For more information MSG: please visit the following web site: MSG: http://cddb.com/burners.html To further complicate things, Gracenote has filed a lawsuit against Roxio over alleged patent infringement, trademark infringement and breach of contract. All of that hollering over CDDB technology, which would seem to be the REAL reason behind the sudden axe in CDDB service for the millions of Adaptec/Roxio customers versus the line we've been fed about licensing issues. They aren't playing nice in the sandbox, and we're the bystanders left picking sand out of our hair. Roxio claims to be working on a fix for the CDDB problem, though nothing has appeared thus far. The lack of flexibility on the part of the developers appears to be pretty narrow-minded, being that you cannot choose your own CDDB source, and now we, as paying customers, are paying for it not with our wallets, but with the inability to use the application's full functionality. Now that Adaptec has spun off their CD/Audio products under the Roxio name, you'll have to head to their site for updates. They have issued a second attempt at fixing the nasty problem with EZ CD Creator 5 and Windows 2000, so we'll see if they've gotten it right this time. If you haven't heard about that one, don't install the Take Two option from that package! Many users have experienced horrible consequences, requiring them to format and reinstall everything. Something this major absolutely floors me. Windows 2000 has been released for over a year now, and this wasn't caught during the beta process? Did they even perform beta testing beyond the confines of their offices? The NOSPIN Group Promotions is now offering Mandrake Linux or Red Hat Linux CD sets along with our NOSPIN Power Linux CD... at a great price!!! http://freepctech.com/goodies/promotions.shtml