WTF Microsoft!!!!!!!!!!!

[Flyboy]

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I still have a Dell DJ 20G from like 4 years ago. It's not the greatest, but I refuse to buy an iPod and have to use solely Itunes, and noone else has come out with a great alternative player.

I used to have a Dell DJ. Man, those were the days... but, had to finally stop messin' around and get that iPod.

[rawdog805]

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My wifes Zune is screwed up also, and she is pissed.. She uses the freaking thing at the gym everyday, well not anymore... at least until Microsoft fixes this mess... So sick of Microsoft..

[mudtiger]

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Mine is locked up too. Not a big deal as long as it comes back tomorrow like they say it will. I like my zune 30 enough that I was already looking at zune 80s before I saw that it was a ms bug and will fix itself.

[bkfount]

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I still have a Dell DJ 20G from like 4 years ago. It's not the greatest, but I refuse to buy an iPod and have to use solely Itunes, and noone else has come out with a great alternative player.

there's actually plenty of top notch alternatives. None match the same level of 3rd party accessory support or Apple glitz and hype, but they're out there.

I didn't like itunes either, and don't even have to use a bloated media program with my sansa. Simple drag and drop while the player sorts songs by the tags in the music.

[Zer0xray]

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is this happening to the zune 80s???

[mudtiger]

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No, just 30's.

In case anyone missed it

"Early this morning we were alerted by our customers that there was a widespread issue affecting our 2006 model Zune 30GB devices (a large number of which are still actively being used). The technical team jumped on the problem immediately and isolated the issue: a bug in the internal clock driver related to the way the device handles a leap year. The issue should be resolved over the next 24 hours as the time change moves to January 1, 2009. We expect the internal clock on the Zune 30GB devices will automatically reset tomorrow (noon, GMT). By tomorrow you should allow the battery to fully run out of power before the unit can restart successfully then simply ensure that your device is recharged, then turn it back on. If you're a Zune Pass subscriber, you may need to sync your device with your PC to refresh the rights to the subscription content you have downloaded to your device."

[daflyboys]

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Dead one here too. Looked like after midnight it was going to go back to normal, but it's back to frozen.

Hey maybe I can talk to someone in customer serrrrr.... er, nm.

[TheBadazz]

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I cut mines on yesterday, and it froze at the load screen also. I let it die and I'll wait to charge it later on.

[daflyboys]

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Well from what I've been reading, the magic hour was supposed to be midnight GMT, so I guess do the midnight thing here on the east coast was a waste of time. Kept ours plugged in all night after that, but it froze again b/c of this GMT. Now have to wait again. So in case you ran into the same thing..... keep trying I guess.


Addendum: that seemed to do the trick. So 7AM est was the magic hour, not midnight.

[rawdog805]

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My wifes Zune came back on, worked for 1 day.. Now the freaking thing doesnt turn on or anything, will not charge nothing...

I hate dealing with microsoft products... jeez...

[mudtiger]

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Silly suggestion probably, but make sure the lock slider isn't in the locked position.

[rawdog805]

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Silly suggestion probably, but make sure the lock slider isn't in the locked position.

yeah that was the first thing I said to her, but she had already unlocked it..

[stoncold32]

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My wifes Zune came back on, worked for 1 day.. Now the freaking thing doesnt turn on or anything, will not charge nothing...

I hate dealing with microsoft products... jeez...

thats terrible.

[daflyboys]

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Well, one of the better things M$ did to save its' reputation somewhat with the 360 was offer the fixes/exchanges for a unit with a a manuf. date and the need for nothing else. They need to do the same with these Zunes, but I don't know if there are distinguishing labels on it like a 360. The thing that makes me wanna smack my head are devices like this where you can't easily/legitimately get to the battery and replace it within the warranty time if you needed to.

I mean.....it's an electronic device. So, unless I'm missing where the solar panel is....wtf M$?