[PCWorld]

Post your comments for Microsoft's Official Fix for Failing Zune here

[ogman]

Sure enough, it's fixed as mentioned in the article. However, this has to be one of the stupidest bugs yet and is simply one more bad reflection on the work coming out of Microsoft.

[don588765]

I understand why this happen. The Zune sycronizes by way the usb cable no big deal.

[mb56]

A leap-year bug from a major software developer... simply astounding!! Every beginning programmer (supposedly) learns to avoid them. So the programmer was stupid, but where was quality control? Hey Microsoft... ever heard of peer-reviewed code walk-throughs?
Yet another example of why people should avoid this company and it's products - they apparently can't get their act together, plain and simple.

[Envergure]

How stupid... It isn't so much that they did't know how to write a clock as it is that this little thing stops the whole device from working! Isn't there a system that just displays the date instead of analysing it?

[tahoejoe]

Mine is still frozen. Unfortunately, I did the hard reset and then tried to connect it to the PC yesterday morning, Big mistake. First I got a blank screen after reboot and then it got stuck again on the Zune screen reboot. I left the battery unattached overnight. I'm hoping that it still thinks it is 12/31 and hopefully will boot up tomorrow.

[rgeiken]

This is pathetic Mal-Practice on the part of Microsoft. It is hard to believe that the design of this product would produce and outcome like this. My i pods don't care one way or another what the date is. My i touch says Thursday January 1, which evidently means that it has handled the extra leap year day OK in 2008. I don't even know if the clock data is for anything other than User information. I pods have their own unique problems, but don't think that any of them apply to the date that would affect my use of the devices.

[ppgreat]

1. Wait a year for Windows 7. ?It will be better. We promise.?

Is this the new party line from Microsoft on its products? Just wait until we take care of it? Or it takes care of itself?

Et tu, K?

[c0mpw3rk]

Windows 7 will not be better, cause "microswish" knowingly and willingly releases faulty software (and hardware)and screens users by fixes known such as "critical user pakages" or "updates".
Zune 30g freeze is a big deal. My Zune still doesn't work, and it is 6:45pm.
Vista is an OS disaster because it is a "ram-hog".
Microsoft leaked Windows 7 to generate interest.
If it wasn't for zune, and my using webcam per gmail, I'd operate totally from my Ubuntu HDD.
If only Ubuntu would put out an OS that would work on Zune hardware, I'd kick microswish to the curb in a minute!

[c0mpw3rk]

Whataya mean "no big deal?"

I am a Zune owner whose 30g unit is still not working at 6:45pm on 1/1/09.

To me, it is a big deal.

[courtneylius1813]

That's strange that some of the Zune 30's are still malfunctioning even after the article fix; I followed the instructions there this morning and my Zune 30 is going without a hitch right now.

[mynamesafad]

Apple has its fair share of problems too.

They had one on Christmas with the Ipod touches.

Iphone 2.0 software, app store, and mobile me.

Or do those not count?

[MarioJP]

No software or device is perfect. Apple had a big issue with mobile me and don't get me started with the "3G Network" with the iPhone. Other phone manufactures are taking notes and being careful thanks to the iphone. As far as the zune goes Its a bug in the clock but it is reversible. Sorry for those that can't wait but people have to understand these things happens. Its part of life.

Far worst things can happen like your car stalling out of middle of no where, or a big traffic jam that people have to miss appointments or work due to a serious accident. At least Microsoft is working on a fix. That what matters.

[mb56]

I have to disagree, shoddy enginering on a consumer product like the Zune (or myrid other MS products) does not and should not be considered "just part of life" ad MarioJP states. Those who accept such repeated examples of shoddy product design and engineering from a company and support it by continuing to buy it's products are part of the problem. If everybody avoided products from companies like MS that repeatedly put out shoddy products the general quality of consumer products would improve and situations like this would not be "part of life".

[micker377]

"Far worst things can happen like your car stalling out of middle of no where..."
What about the new "Alternative vehicles that use MS operating systems?

[Bruceslog]

Why does a music player have to care so much about the time - or day - that it stops working ?

[ogman]

The idea that this kind of shoddy work is acceptable is a major reason why I spent far less money on tech products last year. I will spend even less this year. Garbage products, backed up by terrible support, have sapped my interest in buying new tech. Every purchase I make has to be weighed against the hassle that the product will cause and the wasted time I will spend trying to get support. It's simply not worth it anymore.

[MarioJP]

"Far worst things can happen like your car stalling out of middle of no where..."
What about the new "Alternative vehicles that use MS operating systems?

This is not tide to critical functions of your car. No car manufacture will ever do such thing because it is not even necessary. What you are talking about is the on board navigation system and some entertainment features which that my friend is far worst as people can easily get into a CAR ACCIDENT.

[Nubgoblin]

Did you follow the instructions fully? The device is stuck in an infinite loop and the only way you can get it out of that loop is to let the battery run dry. Once dry and the date has passed Dec-31st you should recharge the device and after some time of charging it will start up again. Most people I know who have not been sucessful have been impatient and not let the battery run dry thinking that plugging it in to the PC would reset the date, but since the device is in the infinite loop it wont get a new date from the PC.

[tahoejoe]

Letting the battery die did not work for me, as well as many others. Tried it twice on two different days and still just got stuck on the boot boot screen. Had to use the "unofficial fix" posted in the zune.net forum which involves a hard reset and and then a reformat before the progress line on the boot screen fully progresses.

http://forums.zune.n...x?PostID=417845