Zen:M 30 gig no longer recognized as of recent Windows XP upd

I've had my Zen for about 6 months now. I've barely had any problems with it, but this morning when I installed a windows update, my computer stopped recognizing the player.
Currently, when I plug it in, the player turns itself on, so there is definitely power from the USB. It doesn't matter what USB plug I connect it to. It doesn't recognize in device manager or come up as an external hard dri've or anything like that.
I can't update the firmwire or anything because the installer tells me that the player isn't connected.
Basically, this kinda sucks.
I'm obviously not 00% sure if it's the windows update that did it. Seems like something like that would cause a lot more ruckus in here.
Any suggestions?

This exactly happened to me with my Zen Touch 30G. It turned out to be Windows Media Player that was messing things up. I had to uninstall WMP and install WMP 0. (Not a big deal as when I clicked on uninstall the computer asked me if I wanted to revert to WMP 0. All my files were saved.) THEN my computer recognized the device, and I could reinstall the drivers and install new firmware. Search this forum for "Zen Touch not recognized" and you will find the fix I followed.
Good luck!

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