OT: CD/DVD Burners Wiggin' Out

[OOZ662]

Alrighty, here's an interesting one. I've got two burners:
Internal Sony CRX320E (CD-RW)
External USB Sony DRX-530UL (DVD-RW)

I just want to use WMP9 to burn my music to a CD in a format that will work on our old stereo. Used to do it all the time. However, WMP doesn't detect any of the devices as burners.
In My Computer, the drives are named properly (CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW) when they're empty, but will rename to "CD Drive" when a blank disk is loaded. Never seen it do that before.
Third-Party software (namely ImgBurn) works just fine, but I want specifically a music CD.

Things I've tried:
Firmware's up to date on both.
Remove Upper/Lower Filters.
Force install ASPI.
Uninstall both drives through the Device Manager and rediscover them.
Install Microsoft KB update to IMAPIv2.
One thing I have noticed is that a lot of people solve this problem by opening the Services window and running some IMAPI service...my computer doesn't list any. Not sure if I can (or need to) find a way to force install IMAPI. Possibly because it's an XP Home system?
Also, checking the "Recording" tab under the drive's properties is impossible, as neither of them have the tab. This definetly seems like a problem, but I don't know how to make it show up.

[DREDIOCK]

Did you try re installing the drivers?
Device manager doesn't always install the current,best, and sometimes installs nothing more then generic drivers.

Try here
http://sony.storagesupport.com/product/166#drivers

you will find
Sony DriveCheck Diagnostic Tool      ZIP   138.3 KB   
DOS Drivers      ZIP   114.46 KB   
Nero Updates            
Drivers for Internal Optical Models       04/18/2008   Windows

[OOZ662]

If you go through the support sections for it, it specifically tells you it needs no drivers to be installed. I'm not under DOS, don't use NERO, and it's an external drive. The DriveCheck software requires you to give them your information before it'll do anything.

I tried to use a command prompt command that's supposed to check and repair system files and it destroyed the Windows install, so I'm in the process of setting the machine back up from scratch. And, I discovered ImgBurn will do music CDs if you know how. Isn't life grand?