Using Creative MediaSource - No Track Ye

Hi, I don't know if this is the right place to post this but I'm looking for some answers on this and here goes...
I've got a Creative Nomad Jukebox Zen Xtra player that's a few years old and I'm using Creative MediaSource .0.85.
Whenever I want to rip tracks from a CD and add them to my MP3 player using CMS, I find the CDDB succesfully retrieves the track name, album name, artist and even track number, but the track Year is always left blank and I cannot see an option anywhere to change this. So, each time I add a new CD, I have to go in to Nomad Explorer and edit each track's properties one-by-one.
What I'd like to know please is whether there are any updates available that might include the track year information or whether there is something I have missed or am missing?
I hope this makes sense to you and that someone may be able to help...
Thank you for your time. Apologies if I've posted this in the wrong forum,
Olly.
Admin note: I moved this to the MP3 forums, the Zen Xtra is a MP3 player not a PMP.

Nope, I definitly have a usb 2.0 I already had Usb on my PC but I had to buy a new usb so my mp3 player would work. And like I said my mp3 played worked fine on my PC until I had to wipe my hard dri've.
I think the problem is that the usb2.0 came with an installation disc and I've lost it so I'm gonna look on the net for some software that may help.
Thanks anyway.

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