PC DOESN'T DETECT ZEN MICRO

after I downloaded the latest firmware updates/drivers for my zen micro, my pc doesn't detect my player. i can't view songs via windows explorer, creative interface or windows media player.
i tried uninstalling and then re-installing all of the creative software from cd, but that didn't work.
everything worked before i installed the drivers...
please help?

i got my player to work on my pc again... FINALLY. in the device manager, i hit 'update driver' and my player was detected (at least signaled on the player). when i tried to access songs via windows explorer, it then said it wasn't detected and then the icon on the player was gone again.
sooo000, i hit 'update driver' again and again the icon reappeared on the player saying it was docked. while the icon was still there i reinstalled the driver (. ) and replaced the existing driver.
voila!! it works again!!! hopefully this post will help someone else out there. it's a great player and i'm just happy i can use it on my pc.
thanks everyone!

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