Media Player works like a champ......since you thought it only made WMA's, all you need to do is:
1. Open up media palyer
2. RIGHT click on the RIP tab, select MORE OPTIONS
3. a box will pop up with 12 tabs select the RIP MUSIC tab
4. in the RIP SETTINGS box, select mp3, then click on APPLY then ok.
from now on, when you rip songs to your computer they will be saved as MP3's