Zen Sleek and Windows 2

I got the Zen Sleek on Amazon.com for myself for Christmas (firmware 2.00.06). I thought it would work with Windows 2000, as the requirements on the Creative website (and the box) said. So after figuring out that the Zen only ships in the US with the XP software, my friend got me a Zen installation disk from Creative customer service in the UK. So I tried to install this on my machine, but the installation will freeze at 99% when it says it's installing the windows drivers. If I put the disk back in again and run the installation, it says that everything has installed. When I plug in the player, Windows detects a new device, and does the Find Drivers wizard. So I point it to the Creative folder installed on my computer, the folder that is "jukebox 3 drivers." This doesn't work (It says no driver is found). I've tried uninstalling and then only re-installing the three drivers that are on the Creative disk (not letting the cd auto-play, going to the "drivers" folder, then "english", then running the three drivers...drv_jb.exe, drv_jb3.exe, drv_nm2.exe). The only problem that I can think of is that I plugged it into my roommate's computer that is running XP and now it has been somehow set to run on XP only. If I format the player will this erase the setting and allow me to install on my Windows 2000? Or am I out of luck since I my firmware is 2.00.06? Anyhelp would be greatly appreciated.

You're mostly out of luck. Most versions of the Sleek that shipped were for XP only, although some early models shipped with a v.xx PDE firmware that would work with other versions of Windows.
There is also an "Easy CD" which ships with some players to allow them to work on earlier versions of Windows, although you can only use Windows Media Player 9 to transfer.
I suggest getting in touch with Creative Support to see if you can either get the PDE firmware, or this Easy CD.

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