Zen Micro Firmware loader won't recognize pla

I used recovery mode to erase the firmware. Now I can connect via USB to Windows, which looks fine, and even the player thinks it's connected. But the loader programs gives an error indicating the player is not connected. I have reloaded the driver a few times and even tried a differnet computer.. no luck. so I have what appears to be a functioning player that doesn't do anything. very frustrating

Sounds exactly like my problem, frustrating as hell. I have tried various tricks outlined on other posts, such as
- unloading the XP drivers before trying to update firmware
- reloading the XP drivers before trying to update firmware
- attempting to install drivers for version firmware, no luck, the device presumably thinks it has version 2 firmware and so XP will ony treat it as such
- setting the USB permissions in the registry for Everyone to full & read
- installing all updates for Creative Zen Micro Media Explorer and Creative Zen Micro Media Source
- using updates from WindowsMedia-KB8922-x86 and WindowsMedia0-KB902344-x86-INTL.exe.
but as yet I have had no luck ;-(
I have emailed tech suport, but would obviously love to hear if you solved your issue and if so, how. I'll obviously post details re any successful outcome here as well.
Cheers

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