Heavensbpraised -> Microsoft's Zune players freeze on New Year's Eve

Enjoy forums? Start your own community for free.

Welcome to Heavensbpraised. We hope you enjoy your visit.

You're currently viewing our forum as a guest. This means you are limited to certain areas of the board and there are some features you can't use. If you join our community, you'll be able to access member-only sections, and use many member-only features such as customizing your profile, sending personal messages, and voting in polls. Registration is simple, fast, and completely free.

Join our community!

If you're already a member please log in to your account to access all of our features:

Microsoft's Zune players freeze on New Year's Eve

Track this topic | Email this topic | Print this topic

Marcie	Posted: Dec 31 2008, 06:34 PM
Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 9,660 Member No.: 15 Joined: 14-July 08	SAN FRANCISCO - Happy New Year from Microsoft Corp.: Your Zune is dead. Thousands of Microsoft's Zune media players � the software company's answer to Apple Inc.'s iPod � unexpectedly conked out Wednesday and showed users an error message, prompting references to "Y2K for Zunes." The problems appeared when people tried to start up their devices. Frustrated users lit up Microsoft's online support forum for Zunes with more than 2,500 messages by Wednesday afternoon. Late Wednesday, the Redmond, Wash.-based company said the outage affected only the 30-gigabyte Zune models and was caused by a problem with their internal clock. Microsoft expected the problem to clear up as the clocks ticked over to Jan. 1, though users will have to jump through some hoops to get their Zunes back to normal, including letting the batteries die down completely before the devices will restart successfully. The crash of so many Zunes at once drew comparisons to the Y2K programming problem that stoked fears about a widespread computer meltdown in 2000 when the machines ticked over to the new millennium. Zunes have paltry popularity compared the iPod, which owns nearly three-quarters of the MP3 market, compared with Zune's single-digit market share, according to statistics from the NPD Group. But some users are fiercely loyal, and newer Zunes have gotten positive reviews.

walla299	Posted: Jan 1 2009, 01:28 AM
Advanced Member Group: Advanced Member Posts: 1,738 Member No.: 44 Joined: 15-September 08	::frsnojo:: ::frsnojo:: ::frsnojo:: Good ol' Micro$oft. They just have to keep stomping those bugs! There used to be a thing in the software industry called beta testing where things like that clock issue would be caught. Not any more. My Sansa Clip and Fuze players survived the roll over just fine!

0 User(s) are reading this topic (0 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)

0 Members:

« Next Oldest | Hardware and Accessories | Next Newest »

DealsFor.me - The best sales, coupons, and discounts for you