WMP 11 to reconize the Zune. ***UPDATED***

[ronaldmonster]

How to get there where I'm at.

Done with Windows XP:Home Edition SP2

Make sure your HDD hack is installed before you do anything.

Set EnableLegacySupport in the registry to 2 instead of 1.

Right click my computer and click Manage.


Click Device Manager and on that screen click Portable Devices and right click Zune and Update Driver & click Advanced.

Then click the bubble saying "I will choose what Driver To Install".

Un-check show compatible hardware.

At the very top of manufacturers on the left choose the Standard MTP-Compliant.

Finish the install, some windows will pop-up pretty obvious as to what there meant to do. But the problem from I've messed around with is this, it is that stupid locked state. When you try to sync content it gives you an error message.

I figure someone here has to know how to get that locked state away from the device. If so let us know so we can be the first to forum to develop a hack to use it as WMP11.

UPDATES:

According to Zune Online:

The sync fails because Zune checks for a 16 bytes authentication code that the Zune Software sends to it. Without this the user can only view the contents of Zune or delete them but not to read/write them. This is a major barrier stopping Zune from working with alternative Sync Software on Windows, but also on Mac & Linux.

Don't worry guys, I managed to get this far! I'm not gonna give up on you guys!

[Kuji]

About bloody time that someone came out with that hack! Respect dude

[xxxoom]

and why would we want to do this exactly? 

[spencerjf]

I just got it to work! It barely took any time at all. Thank you very much for finding this, I have wished I could do this for a long time. Thanks again! 

If only it would Sync to my Zune. 

[Ricardo Dawkins]

if Zune software is a stripped down Media Player 11 why we need media player ? You should be hacking it to play on UMS or at least use it with Media Monkey or something else.

[Zunerama Ed.]

Dude, you made the Zunerama blog today: http://www.zunerama.com

Sometimes a hack doesn't have to justify its own existence. We love it because it's there.   

[ronaldmonster]

Dude, you made the Zunerama blog today: http://www.zunerama.com

Sometimes a hack doesn't have to justify its own existence. We love it because it's there.   

Thats so awesome! Thanks a lot Ed. Right now, I guess you could say I'm really stuck. My desktop killed on me this morning and I'm on a laptop that isn't mine so the hack finish is on a haiatus till I get my desktop up and running again maybe one of you could finish the hack?

[Zunerama Ed.]

Dude, you just made CrunchGear:

http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/22/zune-this-close-to-working-on-windows-mdia-player/

[ronaldmonster]

O_O oh my god.

[ronaldmonster]

I'm reinstalling windows on my desktop as we speak.

The Good

-The hack finish can continue.

The Bad

-Formatted my HDD

-I might have compromised something preventing me from finishing the hack

-Must reinstall everything

[Kuji]

and why would we want to do this exactly? 

Well I use WMP for all my music and video. I use the zune software just to sync my device and if I could do it all in the one place then that would be awesome.

[AK Water]

This is very cool, not that I mind the Zune software at all, but why should I have to have WMP11 and Zune software installed since they are so similar. 

[xxxoom]

why didn't they just make zune software and wmp11 the same in the first place?!?

[ronaldmonster]

why didn't they just make zune software and wmp11 the same in the first place?!?

My guess is they just HAD to create something to be like the ipod.

[dr1v3thru]

ehh w/e. i use the software only for syncing and organizing my music. wmp is my main music player because my laptop's shortcut keys open up WMP and i don't know how to change it. but i don't mind.