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Thanks for this excellent procedure.  I used it to connect my Nomad Zen USB 
2.0 (older model than Zen xtra).

"Joseph Johnson" <jr@aol.com> wrote in message 
news:Xns9A3EC4E37CC7Canakngputa@130.81.64.196...
> I am writing this to help anyone who has experienced this problem. I
> don't know if this fix will work for all of you, on other versions of
> Vista, or if you have other firmware installed will not work for you.
> Note, since Vista was released Microsoft or Creative could have sent them
> updated drivers without anyone knowing. I have had Vista Home Basic for 1
> year now.
>
>
> After some tweaking, the Windows XP drivers worked on Vista Home Basic.
> I then use Nomad Explorer meant for XP to manage the MP3 files on my Zen
> Xtra.
>
>
> Firmware 1.20.08 30G Zen Xtra
> No Playforsure installed
> Vista Home Basic
> User Account Control OFF
>
>
>
> Here were my steps:
>
>
> Connect your Xtra to the PC running Vista.
>
>
> When first connected to Vista without drivers installed, Vista attempts
> to find drivers, if it finds them you'll be golden, but as I know there
> are no such drivers, if not it should return unsuccessfully.
>
>
> Download the latest USB drivers and 2004 Nomad Explorer from Creative's
> website.
>
> Right click properties to set to run these programs in Windows XP Service
> Pack 2 emulation mode.
>
> Run all as administrator.
>
>
> Install the driver, it will hang and time out, and some drivers will be
> installed.
>
> Install Nomad Explorer, if enough drivers were installed it will finish
> installation.
>
> Unplug the Xtra.
>
> Reboot.
>
>
> After Vista is booted, plug in the Xtra. It will now cause the driver to
> load, with a bizarre off sized icon. It will view files but you cannot
> open or access files. Media Player will try to boot and bomb, it cannot
> access files nor downloaded them.
>
>
> Now boot Nomad Explorer. It runs through the Xtra drivers. It will work
> like XP but look like Vista.
>