Zen Vision :m vista problem

Hi everyone, I?m having a problem with my Zen. I?ve searched the forums and could not find anything that could help me. So maybe one of you knows what to do.
So here's the rub: My player works fine with my old laptop, it runs XP. I just purchased a new( and considerably more badass) laptop that runs Vista home basic. When I plug the mp3 player into the vista machine it( the mp3 player) freezes immediately and has to be reset. It does not freeze when plugged into my XP machine. Will reformatting the mp3 player fix this? The only reason I haven?t done this yet is cause Im trying avoid erasing the thing. If not that then what?
So?.help me please and thank you.

Re: Zen Vision :m vista problemF
kayzinwillobee wrote:
Hi everyone, I?m having a problem with my Zen. I?ve searched the forums and could not find anything that could help me. So maybe one of you knows what to do.
So here's the rub: My player works fine with my old laptop, it runs XP. I just purchased a new( and considerably more badass) laptop that runs Vista home basic. When I plug the mp3 player into the vista machine it( the mp3 player) freezes immediately and has to be reset. It does not freeze when plugged into my XP machine. Will reformatting the mp3 player fix this? The only reason I haven?t done this yet is cause Im trying avoid erasing the thing. If not that then what?
So?.help me please and thank you.
Do a Cleanup.Reboot on the player. (NO Reloading firmware)

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