Yeah, that happened to mine. I was checking out the forums to see what the scoop was and people were taking them apart and all kinds of stuff. But, just like MS said, it started working again on 1/1/09.
Do they really want to compete with Apple and let this kind of stuff go thru? ...Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 1:38 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: [OT] Zune music players lock-up due to 2008 leap year > > "... suddenly stopped working, displaying only a frozen start-up > screen..." > > "Apparently the Zune was expecting 2008 to have 365 days, not 366." > > Microsoft's reported fix? Wait until the internal clock advances into > 2009, at which point the bug won't be triggered anymore. > > 365 days ought to be enough for anybody. Hee hee. ;-) > > Source: > A Year Ticks Over, and Zunes Get Hiccups > By JENNA WORTHAM > Published: December 31, 2008 > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/01/technology/personaltech/01zune.html > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
