Zen micro software probl

Hi I just bought a zen micro the other day I hooked it up to my PC and installed the software and it worked fine the I went to the creative site and updated the firmware but didnt realise that it would stop me from being able to use creatives programs and only let me use windows media player I scanned through the forum and found this to be a common problem and the main solution was to down grade the firmware which I tried to do but when I tried it was coming up player not connected.
What do I do I hate media player can anyone help PLEASE

Hi tried all those options but managed to downgrade the firmware by deleting the drivers on the pc and the pluging the zen back in and as the pc started detecting it and installing it I ran the firmware program so it just started as the unit was fully installed as the creative zen and not what windows identifies it as and it worked hope that made sense because at that point i was just trying anything.
Thanks again for the help.
P.S dont know if any one knows but I bought my Zen out of the county and it has the wrong pin plug bit now I know it will work voltage wise but it would be nice to get the right pin adapter as they are interchangable.

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