Hello mare wbpa, See if anything here is of help, let us know. Here is a link that might be useful: windowshelp

This was taken from the FAQS at the link below, is that it? Q. Why do I keep getting an error message that says a recordable CD drive was not detected when saving a movie to a CD using Movie Maker? A. This can be a result of having third-party CD-writing software installed that does not work properly with the CD-writing functionality of Windows XP, or of having a recordable CD that has already been written. To resolve this issue, try one of the following  If you have an HP DVD+R/+RW DVD writer installed on your computer, the HP Direct Letter Access (DLA) driver might be installed on your computer. You can turn off DLA, which should let you successfully save your movie to a recordable CD.  Verify that the CD was not already written to using a third-party CD-writing program such as Nero. Movie Maker expects a CD to have a Joliet (mode 2) disc format. However, some CD-writing programs write discs using a different format. To solve the problem, insert a new, blank recordable CD. In the future, choose Joliet (mode 2) when originally writing to the CD using third-party CD-writing programs. Here is a link that might be useful: Movie Maker FAQS

I did what you said,the only glitch was that there was nothing in my recycle bin when I went to empty it. Is that OK. Here is the new log. 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Are you saying you don't want it to animate on the DVD? You just want it to be still, right? I'm not familiar with Windows DVD Maker and I'm not totally sure what you mean by "turn off," but animations, like movies/videos, have more than one frame. Sounds like you can just keep one frame on the storyline and delete the others. As long as there is more than one, the program will play it. But then, perhaps Windows DVD Maker is not that kind of program, and you're trying to burn a DVD that has an animation on it. But, you don't want it to animate. (LOL I'm just trying to guess at what you need.) An animation is a gif file, mng, avi, mov, or another format that supports layers and frames. You can change format to bmp, jpg, or another one that does not support layers and frames. You can do that in an image editing program like Photoshop, Photo Paint, Paint Shop Pro, or others. I think, but I'm not sure, Microsoft Image Editor. If you don't have any of those, there are online programs available. Did that help at all? If not, you can post the animation and I will do it for you. Otherwise, please explain a little better what it is you're doing and what you want the animation to do.