I guess it's been resolved. Let the battery run out, and then after 7 am eastern on Jan. 1st, you can plug it into your computer.
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Zune 30 Failing EVERYWHERE, All At Once!
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Reassuring:
"What if I have rights-managed (DRM) content on my Zune?
Most likely, rights-managed content will not be affected by this issue. However, it's a good idea to sync your Zune with your computer once the freeze has been resolved, just to make sure your usage rights are up to date."
"What if I have rights-managed (DRM) content on my Zune?
Most likely, rights-managed content will not be affected by this issue. However, it's a good idea to sync your Zune with your computer once the freeze has been resolved, just to make sure your usage rights are up to date."
This part makes no sense.
You would think that there is a ways to reset the Zune so that you could connect it to the PC and have it be recognized.
Like the brick image. Forwarded it to a few friends. I'm bad already this year.
Completely agree here. You would think that there is some sort of way to reset the Zune via the buttons.Something I've been wondering about...the computers don't recognize the Zunes, but do they really not have something like the iPhone's DFU mode were they can be upgraded without actually booting? If they don't, that's just more epic fail from Microsoft, and if they do, and even that doesn't work...Microsoft is ***ed.
The fact that the Zune is not working is not humorous to me. I feel bad for those who have a Zune and are not able to use.
What I do find funny, or strange if you will, about the situation is that apparently you cannot do a reset of some sort via the buttons to fix the issue so that the Zune can be connected to a PC, recognized, and flash updated.
I just find it hard to believe that you can't do this.
If this works, then it is a relatively simple fix.
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Do people like you think before you post stupid things? I'm inclined to think not.
MacTraveller said:
Do people like you think before you post stupid things? I'm inclined to think not.
I didn't say Apple is inferior to problems. Just because it happens to the Zune doesn't mean it's going to happen to the iPod. Like I said Apple writes their own code, so does Microsoft. If there's an error with Microsoft's code, its highly unlikely that it's going to happen to Apple too because different people wrote the code.
Again, I didn't say Windows crashes, I'm just using it as an example if it were to happen on a larger scale. Saying its 'just an MP3 player' is an understatement. If its a software coding error, then it could easily happen to their OS too.
As for the Xbox's, I don't have one, I happily own a PS3, but every single person I know who has owned an 360 has had problems with it.
I agree that it's probably necessary right now to look over the code. I'm sure it already happens though, with people working on updates and different bugs.
Sometimes stupid things get posted intentionally. That post itself I'm not so sure about..
It was just a driver bug, calm down everyone. It could've happened to anybody, it's just a coincidence that it happened to the one company that everybody hates!
Amen! Using Vista Ultimate for 6+ months now and love it. 2 360's in the house with nary a RROD. Vista has only crashed when I tried some modded drivers, obviously my fault. Now that I have iTunes on my machine I have had 3 crashes, worst software I have ever used.
Now the iPhone on the other hand, Safari crashes 4 to 5 times a day of and flash forget that because we don't need it, it really isn't that popoular on teh web anyway. Also, let us not forget Pwn2Own the Mac was hacked through Safari and the Vista Machine did not fall until Flash was introduced. What I am saying is no system is perfect and they all have their issues. Beware Karma getting glee out of someone elses misfortune is not wise.
While I feel bad for those who are having problems with their 30GB Zune, I can not help but smile over the misfortune M$ is having with the Zune. 
You're absolutely right. I'm gonna PM a mod right now and have them delete this whole thing...
Yep. Those who live in glass houses....
Not by chance, but simply by bad leap year handling code.
Nope, no conspiracy. Apparently the driver was miswritten for the particular clock chip used in that particular Zune model.
Far more likely is that all the senior engineers were laid off, and a kid wrote the code, in some outsourced place.
lol i just heard about this: should be resolved by morning they said, but knowing ms they hired people to sneak into everyones house when the were sleeping and swap out the zunes, lol
No it won't. People who use MS product expect this kind of stuff and figure it's just the way it is