Vista wont Recognize my Zen Sleek at

I've seen a lot of posts and threads about people saying it wont work on their Windows Vista computers, but no one really has the problem I have. Windows Vista wont recognize my Creative Zen Sleek AT ALL. I plug it in, vista makes a sounds then nothing happens. The mp3 player is charging but nothing at all is happening. Can someone help please? I've been having this problem for months.

The thing is, I didn't install anything. When I got my new Vista computer, I plugged it in and everything worked fine. I couldn't install or can't install anything. The 3rd time I tried it wont recognize it at all. I plug it in and nothing happens.

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It's MTP, there are no drivers. but the principal is correct.
First of all are you sure your brother has USB .0? Because it is NOT designed to work with USB .0, it needs AT LEAST ., preferably 2.0. Whether it works or not I'd suggest buying a USB 2.0 PCI expansion card...
Now, there is a certain update for DRM devices that needs to be installed sometimes.
IF this is the case you will find it if you go to Windows Updates and select custom instead of express.
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I've searched this forum and found only one post with an answer to the Zen Sleek / Windows Vista compatability problem
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-Please only post useful info and not random flamer crapMessage Edited by kamsparrow on 07-3-200703: AM

What firmware is your Zen Sleek running? (Menu-> System-> Information)
It needs to have the PlaysForSure firmware so that Vista recognizes it as an MTP Device.
Check out the information on the Drivers for PlayForSure Zen Micro, Zen Sleek, Zen Touch or Zen Xtra on Windows98SE/Me/2000 sticky thread.
Unfortunately it's a bit rough upgrading firmware on Vista as there's a Catch-22: Vista won't recognize your device until the firmware is updated, but you can't update the firmware unless Vista recognizes your device. :|
The work-around is to update the firmare on an XP machine and then plug it into the Vista machine. MTP Devices are supposed to be supported by Vista, so it should recognize your Zen Sleek.
MicroSoft could have saved the world a lot of grief by having decent Legacy Device support, but that's another thread in itself.
/hope that hel
ps.

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First off, if the answer to this has been posted I apologise, Ive been trying to sort this out for about 4 hours now and I've tried every fix Ive found listed on this site.
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While the firmware download (ZenSleekP4S_PCFW_LB_2_0_03.exe) does not recognize my Zen Sleek, but Windows recognizes it, and it shows up as "Zen Sleek" in the device manager.
I installed the first hotfix from the KB article listed above. That worked fine. I tried to install the second hotfix, but Windows said that the 2nd hotfix was already installed on my system.
I then did the registry edit. There are two "CurrentControlSet" entries under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM. I navigated to the USB folder in each and changed the permisions for each.
I then uninstalled the player from the Device Manager and rebooted.
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However, the firmware update still tells me that the player is not connected and will not let me install the firmware.
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I had my zen sleek photo working fine for about 3 weeks, then all of a sudden it's not recognized.
I've spent the past 3 hours looking around on the site and messing around, and i've given up hope.
I've reinstalled the software, installed and reinstalled the drivers, rebooted and cleaned up the zen player, tried deleting my USB ports and reinstalling them, tried different ports, tried the permissions and the usb zen connection registry hacks, pretty much every solution i can find.
I have win XP, SP2. I haven't got a hub, i've tried all 6 usb ports on my computer (overkill i know), taken out all other usb connections except for my mouse.
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i figured it out my self? while holding down the play/pause button, poke a paperclip in the rest hole click on cleanup, when its finished, reboot? it says in manuel cd to save all info first but i dont know how to do that so i just went for it. read your users guide on the instalation cd? but it doesnt tell you much
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