I only tried Aruba, ThunderStorm, and Blue Steel.
No, it is not an OS thing. I run WinXP Pro here.
Media Center Registered 11.0.298 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 11\
Microsoft Windows XP 5.1 Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 2672 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 1048 MB, Free - 503 MB
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2900.2180 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp.040919-1030) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2900.2668 (xpsp_sp2_gdr.050430-1553) / Shell32.dll: 6.00.2900.2620 (xpsp_sp2_gdr.050225-1820) / wnaspi32.dll: N/A
Ripping / Drive F: Mode:ModeSecure Type:Auto Speed:Max
Drive G: Mode:ModeSecure Type:Auto Speed:Max
Drive H: Mode:Normal Type:Auto Speed:Max
Digital playback: Yes / Use YADB: No / Get cover art: No / Calc replay gain: No / Copy volume: 32767
Eject after ripping: Yes / Play sound after ripping: No
Burning / Drive F: SONY CD-RW CRX220E1 Addr: 3:0:0 Speed:52 MaxSpeed:52 BurnProof:Yes
Drive G: PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W4012A Addr: 3:1:0 Speed:40 MaxSpeed:40 BurnProof:Yes
Test mode: No / Eject after writing: Yes / Direct decoding: Yes / Write CD-Text: Yes
Use playback settings: No / Normalization: None