Zen Sleek Photo gets USB DEVICE NOT RECOGNI

I have ZEN Sleek Photo which i use for about a week now.
Today I connected the player to the computer and got
"USB DEVICE NOT RECOGNIZED" window in Win XP
and the Zen Photo froze.
Disconnected it, reset it using a pin, then turn it on and it's "re-building library"
It works good as a player but i can't connect it to the computer.
Tried restarting the computer, restoring the windows to a previous day, connected to all possible USB ports nothing hel
ps.
Hope for an answer
Thanks in advance,
Danny
UPDATE.... PROBLEM SOLVED.. LOOK BELOW.. FRED'S SUGGESTIONMessage Edited by dindia on 07-24-2006 2:49 AM

fred38 wrote:
Hi i had this problem too and the solution was amazingly simple. (I found it by searching on Google for ages!) Turn your pc off and then unplug it from the mains for approximately 30 mins. I know it sounds crazy but apparantly static electricity can cause problems with usb devices particularly if you have your device already plugged in to USB port-Windows forgets its there! After 30 mins plug your pc back in to the mains and voila! your Zen will be recognised again.
2:44 AM : After 30 minutes of trying to fall asleep with no success turned on computer and connected the Zen... Didn't have much expectations, but IT WORKED! IT REALLY DID! WINDOWS FOUND THE DEVICE CORRECTLY AND EVERYTHING IS WORKING NOW!
THANSKS FRED!
Danny

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