Zen Micro Vista Incompatibility even with updated firmw

I own 3 zen micros which are now useless with Windows Vista for lack of driver.
Your discussion forum moderators are wrong and are misleading many complainers by telling them that
Driver is nati've in vista as long as firmware has been upgrade on an xp computer to playforsure firmware 2.2.02
All of my zen micros have been updated to 2.2.02 firmware, and vista still will not recognize. Vista says ?unknown usb device and needs driver?. I tried XP drivers and they also do not work. Again, your moderators are?giving wrong information.
I demand an answer to this incompatibility problem. I am ready to start posting as many places as I can, ?a warning to stay away from purchasing Creative products for lack of support and why.
This is totally unacceptable Creative support. I will start posting if I do not get a fix or receive no answer.
You will lose business.

mmaky wrote:
I own 3 zen micros which are now useless with Windows Vista for lack of driver.
Your discussion forum moderators are wrong and are misleading many complainers by telling them that
Driver is nati've in vista as long as firmware has been upgrade on an xp computer to playforsure firmware 2.2.02
All of my zen micros have been updated to 2.2.02 firmware, and vista still will not recognize. Vista says ?unknown usb device and needs driver?. I tried XP drivers and they also do not work. Again, your moderators are?giving wrong information.
I demand an answer to this incompatibility problem. I am ready to start posting as many places as I can, ?a warning to stay away from purchasing Creative products for lack of support and why.
This is totally unacceptable Creative support. I will start posting if I do not get a fix or receive no answer.
You will lose business.
:smileyvery-happy: dude i have the Zen micro and all i did was plug it in and it was good to go. I have no idea what you are doing wrong. I am sure you don't have the playforsure firmware on the micro. Don't you find it strange that you are the only one complaining about this?
Message Edited by rasstar on 04-02-200707:57 AM

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