No probs, its the standard media player that comes with the XP package. Go to your start button (bottom left), 'All Programs' and it should be in that list. if all else fails, put in a CD and a box will appear asking you what you want to do with the disc, one of the options will be 'play using media player'. Select that and the program will open.
once open (if youve got the latest version) there will be a tab at the top saying 'Rip'. Or if youve got an older version it will be on the left saying 'copy audio from CD'. Your basically copying from the CD to your harddrive. Completely legal stuff as you can make as many copies of CDs you want as long as you own the original. therefore you can use the help files in media player if you get stuck as well.
Once youve copied them you can use Itunes to put them on your Ipod. Tell me how far you get and Ill help you along
10-Jun-2005, 23:13 
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