the best music program to use 4 beginners?

hi,
ever since i began trying to burn music and do other things - in regards to music programs i have had many challenges.

for a beginner with a vista operating system who has been challenged with burning music on to blank discs what is the best music software where it would VERY user friendly and simple.

here is some data to help u , possibly help me

1-i have burned music successfully at times with the current blank discs i have.

2- but other times the disc will pop out and say "insert blank disc"

3- i have been using windows media player up to this point and as stated have windows vista for my o.p.
Secondary Question
On a side note, i downloaded winnamp and once upon a time used it very successfully to listen to Internet radio but i am clueless what happened so i removed and reinstalled a couple of times now the interface is always minimized and i cant get it to its full size let alone listen to music on it. it is a useless music program the way it is set up on my computer. if any, winnamp experts can share how i start from scratch to install winnamp properly please share?

Thanks