Ive tried 3 mastering packages and none can seem to burn me
an audio CD. Media Player works fine but this is not true
mastering as Cd can not be played on all CD players. I have
XP in an E machines package. Is there any mastering
software that can actually burn me a true audio CD or is
this part of Microsoft's monopolizing strategy so no 3rd
party software will work.

The is no one single program/application that masters music CDs. There ar
too many formats (MP2, MP3, WMA, WAV, APE, CDA, etc.) on the market. Most program
have converters available and there are also many freeware/shareware converters
on the market to suite anyones wishes. Someday, CD creators may get togethe
and design one format that will play on all players, but I wouldn't hold my breath.