Cannot upgrade Firmware on Zen Mi

Just bought a Zen Micro yesterday, it came with the .0.03 firmware.
Wanted to upgrade to version 2 firmware because I used WMP and XP. Also would like to be able to drag and drop using windows Explorer.
However everytime I try to upgrade the firmware, the firmware upgrade application on the PC is waiting for the Zen to reboot even if it did. The player formats his dri've, then reboot, then waits forever.
I even unplugged the Zen after 30 minutes... everything is fine on the player, it still has the .0.03 firmware.
Any help would be appreciated.
Stephane

Is the MediaSource detector on? If yes, try turning it off. Start MediaSource -> Tools -> Settings -> Detector.
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Extracting b43/a0g1initvals5.fw
Extracting b43/a0g0bsinitvals5.fw
Extracting b43/a0g1bsinitvals5.fw
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Extracting b43/lp0bsinitvals13.fw
Extracting b43/b0g0initvals13.fw
Extracting b43/b0g0bsinitvals13.fw
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