I actually like the Roxio software - trouble is, very little other software does - the worst feature of Roxio is the negative interaction with most other software.
Show me a current application that isn't a registry thug, other than the rare delight of the few "no-install" applications.
That said, I'm now a Nero user, though I did like WinonCd 5 (Cequadrat/Roxio), the 4 hour freebie from a while back, until that suffered a negative interaction... to be honest, I've put my reinstall (and move to XP) off for far too long, and I know I have a pretty bad case of "Windows rot" ... you know, how a system gets progressively slower and less reliable from all the junk left behind by uninstalls, the not fully comptible version updates, version skew on system DLLs etc. I't'll get done this year ... maybe.