I dont have admin rights on my work computer so it wont allow me to run an installer, problem is EAC wont recognize my CD drive b/c ASPI isnt installed. Is there any way around this w/o admin rights? Operating system is win xp and there is a dvd/cd burner installed on my machine but no aspi components present.

One thing to try: download Nero's DLL file and copy it to your EAC directory. From there, you should be able to choose the 'external ASPI interface' in EAC options (Interface tab).