Funny that you mention that. I've had a Zune for a few months now and besides my fiance, who got her Zune at the same time as I did, I haven't met one single person that even knows what it is. They always ask if it's an ipod. Needless to say, I haven't used the WiFi option more than once after I found out that the sent songs are only good for a few listens. LAME.
Out of the blue, my Zune software stopped opening, erring out. I spend 2.5 hours on the phone with Zune tech support, to no avail. The support was very patient, and we tried everything possible, he/or she then contacted the research dept. because neither of us could figure out why my computer was rejecting the software and the actual hardware Zuneplayer (we never even made it to the hardware aspect), so the last couple questions he asked were if I had any 3rd party software installed. Stupid question who's answer could take a LONG time. So I divulged that I had Avast! installed, and he quickly deduced my problem to the fact that Avast was blocking the software from opening, even though it was on the allow list. It was the sudden change in pace and anxiety in his voice that told me M$ has no fucking clue how to troubleshoot their own software/hardware.
Anyway, I'm thinking of selling it and getting an ipod. At least I can hack the hell out of an ipod. I've had my eye on Rockbox for a while now...
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sotec_productions @ Jul 2nd 2008 10:56AM
@Stork
Funny that you mention that. I've had a Zune for a few months now and besides my fiance, who got her Zune at the same time as I did, I haven't met one single person that even knows what it is. They always ask if it's an ipod. Needless to say, I haven't used the WiFi option more than once after I found out that the sent songs are only good for a few listens. LAME.
Out of the blue, my Zune software stopped opening, erring out. I spend 2.5 hours on the phone with Zune tech support, to no avail. The support was very patient, and we tried everything possible, he/or she then contacted the research dept. because neither of us could figure out why my computer was rejecting the software and the actual hardware Zuneplayer (we never even made it to the hardware aspect), so the last couple questions he asked were if I had any 3rd party software installed. Stupid question who's answer could take a LONG time. So I divulged that I had Avast! installed, and he quickly deduced my problem to the fact that Avast was blocking the software from opening, even though it was on the allow list. It was the sudden change in pace and anxiety in his voice that told me M$ has no fucking clue how to troubleshoot their own software/hardware.
Anyway, I'm thinking of selling it and getting an ipod. At least I can hack the hell out of an ipod. I've had my eye on Rockbox for a while now...