Zen Vision M wont connect to my PC after i've formatted my PC & reloaded Window

Hi.
My Zen Vision:M wont connect to my PC after I formatted my PC & reloaded WindowsXP.
Before this it was Ok. Now, when I plug in the usb it detects the player, but the drivers WILL NOT load. It shows up in system--->device manager--->? driver not installed.
I've tried,
-removing creative installation software (which came with the player)& re-installing..
-updating my systems BIOS & USB drivers.
-running regedit & ticking 'allow read' in USB's (as explained in creative troubleshooting)
-turning off my firewall.
I connected it to my sisters computer running Xp & it connected without problems.
Why wont it connect to mine
Jason

OK now, I am not the smartest computer dude and this is not the magic cure but it did fix my problem with WMP0 and Creative software not noticing the player and the driver having issues. I was also having issues with a new external hard dri've.
I tried everyhting to fix this thru creative support which did respond to all my inquiries thru email, but nothing worked. I mean nothing. Reinstalling software, WMP0, manually searching for drivers, deleting USB ports so Windows could reconfigure, pulling out all USB peripheals except mouse, BIOS settings and updating drivers on motherboard.
Now here is how I fixed the problem:
I bought a new USB 2.0 PCI card to stick in my motherboard from NEWEGG for 8.99 plus 5 bux shipping. It was a wing and a prayer, it was plug and play and so easy to set up. It auto noticed without having to install drivers, even though a NEC chipset driver set was availbale on the disc provided. It noticed it and said I was good to go. I was still apprehensi've upon plugging my ZEN in , but saw stuff I hadn't seen b4 then went to WMP0 and There she was saying lets play. Creative noticed it tooo and starting DLing tunes.
My external hardri've works great now tooooooooooo.
It was a SYBA USB PCI 2.0 card on NewEgg.com and it got here in 4 days. 4 external and internal port and is 5 star rated by over 60 revieewer that bought the product. If this does not work u are only the 5 percent restock charge and so all u would lose is about a dollar.
Please let me know if this is of any help for anyone out there. <IMG height=6 src="http://forums.creative.com/i/smilies/6x6_smiley-very-happy.gif" width=6 border=0>
And no I do not work for SYBA, but just so happy that I finally got all my stuff to work. Seems a lot of people out there have the same exact problem as I did.

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