Creative zen xtra vs sony ericsson mp3 functional

I have both the sony ericsson w800i mobile (cellphone) and zen xtra 30 gb mp3 player. In my experience the sony software is far superior to that of creative in terms of reliability and functionality.
From the time I bought my zen xtra I have been totally frustrated by it - I have only been able to load a few tracks at a time from my pc before I get the familiar error message and 20 second timer. The xtra is not recognised sometimes, other times it starts when connected to the pc. I have tried this with several usb leads on 3 separate computers, all with more than adequate system resources to cope with the simple task of transfering mp3 tracks down a usb2 lead to the zen xtra. I have tried every tip, workround, on the support site. Nothing I have done has made any difference. I have reset the player, rebooted my computer, updated latest firmware, updated windows media player 0, followed the guidance to ensure that the usb settings in the registry are correct.
NOTHING WORKS!!!! THIS PRODUCT IS RUBBISH!!!!
By contrast, my Sony w800i phone has a very easy to use mp3 player, with a software interface called disc2phone which is a complete joy to use. Just 3 simple boxes, a couple of add or remove buttons and it is simplicity itself!!!
Clearly the phone has only a small memory, but due to the problems with the creative software, the phone has more music on it than the xtra!!!
Come on creative....Sort this problem out before I finally head for the nearest ipod store.

Hi,
Make sure you have the Playsforsure firmware on the Zen Xtra player.
This article may also help.

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    die Arbeiten des Mikroprogrammaufstellungupdates nur mit Windows.xp.
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