Zen MX 'random play all' problems

!Zen MX 'random play all' problemso Hello, 2 newbies here, Maz (who is typing)?and mum Wendy (whose player is having problems).
I have a Zen in an older version and I've never had many problems but my mum recently got a 6gb?Zen MX (version .00.09)?and although it was working fine before recently after an update that seemed to go wrong (I wasn't there an mum?is?unclear what exactly went wrong but we have had a major virus problem)?the 'random play all' mode has become messed up somehow. It will only play one track at a time then stops and has to be prompted to continue every time. Apparently it also randomly halfway through tracks will sometimes change the speed of play but I have not heard this so I'm not exactly sure whether this is a separate problem or already resolved.
So far we have tried using the reset button and that had no effect. Then we tried restoring the default settings and reprogramming the programmeable button to random play all and the issue reoccurs. We have also checked and 'play mode' is on shuffle as I thought it should be.
Any suggestions?
Maz & Wendy

Has the firmware on the player been updated? I would do that. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://support.creative.com/Products/ProductDetails.aspx?catID=23&CatName=MP3+Players&s ubCatID=23&subCatName=MIDI+Keyboards&prodID=865&pr odName=ZEN+MX&bTopTwenty=&VARSET=prodfaq"]http://support.creative.com/Products/ProductDetails.aspx?catID=23&CatName=MP3+Players&s ubCatID=23&subCatName=MIDI+Keyboards&prodID=865&pr odName=ZEN+MX&bTopTwenty=&VARSET=prodfaq[/url]:PRODFAQ_865,VARSET=CategoryID:23

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