Microsoft posted a quick fix on New Year's Day for the glitch that made some of its Zune digital music players freeze up the day before, thanks apparently to a leap-year problem encountered by the Zune's internal clock. Since 2008 had an extra day, including February 29th, the calendar/clock on some Zunes got confused about when the new year was about to start.

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After mass crashes of it's Zune media player Microsoft has issued instructions to fix the media players. The problems began earlier this week when users began to report that their players were freezing and could not be accessed. The issue was limited to the 30GB Zune 30 model manufactured in 2006.

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A glitch in Microsoft's 30GB Zune got a quick fix on New Year's Day -- but some users are still reporting problems with the digital music player. After the 30GB Zunes froze, dozens of users stormed discussion boards with complaints and first-hand accounts.

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Thousands of Zune players, Microsoft's rival to the Apple iPod, shut down over the new year, leaving many owners waking up on January 1 unable to listen to their cherished music.

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February 29th is a cool date. Whenever it rolls around, it's kinda satisfying to be experiencing a day that you only get every four years (except on millenia.) But for Zune owners earlier this week, Feb 29th 2008 was a big problem.On wednesday 30GB ...

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Early on Wednesday, thousands of Zune users found they could not use the 30-gigabyte model digital music player.

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All the older Zune portable music players hit by a software bug should now be working, says Microsoft.

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Many of Microsoft's Zune media players that froze up on the last day of 2008 because of a glitch involving their internal clock were functioning properly Thursday as the new year was ushered in, according to the company. However, a few people were still complaining of problems operating the devices.

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Many of Microsoft's Zune media players that froze up on the last day of 2008 because of a glitch involving their internal clocks were functioning properly yesterday as the new year was ushered in, according to the company. Microsoft spokesman Brian Eskridge said that, based on responses from customers and his review of online message forums, affected users of the 30-gigabyte Zune model were not ...

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Microsoft Corp.’s digital music player, Zune, was tripped up by the leap year, causing thousands of devices to freeze on Wednesday and subjecting the software giant to year-end embarrassment, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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