Don't have an answer Brentb, but I do have the same problem. I'm running XPPro with a Samsung SW 208B CD writer.
Control panel says its working properly, and Media Player can write to it. Steinberg 'Clean' can find it and write to it, but its a pain coming out of Wavepad into Steinberg just to burn the CD.
Maybe I should have tested this before buying Express Burn, but sinse I had an evaluation copy that timed out just before I changed the drive, it wouldn't let me.
Anyway, if anyone has an answer, I'd be pleased to hear from them