it does not work with xp, fawk that lame shit. most icons are unclickable, not to mention dragging songs.
Hum..I have heard many positive reports about EAC and WinXP. Actually I think that the XP is fawking crap and Win2K is way better. But if the EAC really refuses to work in your setup, then you can try quality encoder like winLAME or CDEx ripper.