dean hannotte httpwwwhannottenet

Somebody bought me a new Zen V Plus player from Creative, but
unfortunately I'm using Windows 2000, which is not officially supported. I
probably won't upgrade my OS for a few more years because I'm very concerned
about stability. In the meantime, I'd like to use the Zen in some way. Even
if I can't load all the supporting utility software from the accompanying CD,
there should be some way for me to be able to just copy files from my hard
disk to the Zen's file system and play them. That in itself would be a
quantum leap over having no MP3 player at all.

However, the V Plus does not look like a little hard disk to Windows, so
I can't use Explorer to copy the files. As far as I have been able to learn,
the V Plus uses flash memory and Media Transfer Protocol (MTP), which is
supported in Windows Media Player 10 (which is only supported under Windows
XP).

HOWEVER ... Microsoft recently released a Media Transfer Protocol Porting
Kit -- see http://msdn.microsoft.com/windowsmed...s/default.aspx --
to add MTP support to WMPlayer 9, the last one that worked under Windows
2000. But it's not easy to set up. After installing it and reading the
Readme-Redist.txt file, you run MTP9x-2k.exe, which installs the following
files:

- %windir%/System32/drivers
- wpdusb9x.sys (Windows 98SE or Windows ME)
OR wpdusb.sys (Windows 2000)
- %windir%/System32
- mtpiusb.dll
- mtpsmgr.exe
- mtpistb.dll
- mtpsp.dll
- %windir%/Inf
- wpdmtp.inf

But then you have to edit a .inf file to describe the attributes of your
player. This is beyond my technical ability. So ...

1) Am I right to think that I can get basic MP3 player use from the V
Plus just by installing the MTP Porting Kit, or do I really need to upgrade
to Windows XP?

2) If the Porting Kit will work, can anybody help me write a .inf file
that will be correct for the V Plus? I'd really by happy with just minimal
functionality.

Thanks for your help!

chris1379

I'm facing the same problem here. Did you ever get it to work?

Chris

Dean Hannotte (http://www.hannotte.net/ http://www.hannotte.net/)

gjhills

Hi People,

I got this solution off creative's message board by The_Smurf
http://forums.creative.com/creativel...cending&page=2

Here is the easiest solution for Windows 2000:

1. Download my own drivers with support for Zen V & Zen V Plus
http://www.yourfilehost.com/media.ph...le=5410MTP.zip
2. Unpack & Install MTP9x-2k.EXE
3. Choose ctpdmtp.inf & click right mouse button & select Install
4. Restart Windows
5. When Windows has booted up again plug your ZEN V in to a USB port,
if it askes for a driver please refer it to the ctpdmtp.inf file. (If
it doesn't ask for the drivers, start Add/Remove Hardware from Control
Panel and detect new hardware)
6. Download & install MediaMonkey
http://www.mediamonkey.com/download.htm
7. Now Zen V should work fine! It should appear as Creative Zen V or
Creative Zen V Plus in MediaMonkey after a few seconds.

I tried this for a friend and it works fine... but you still can't see
the Zen V as an external drive in an explorer window. You have to use
MediaMonkey to transfer files to your Zen.


Dean Hannotte (http://www.hannotte.net/ http://www.hannotte.net/)

chris1379

Thanks a bunch! I still don't have it working yet under Win98SE but it
has to be possible. I sent Smurf a reply over in the Creative forum. If
anyone else is trying to get a Zen V working in Win98, feel free to
chime in.

Chris

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I have not been able to download pictures from my Canon Powershot SD1000 to
my Dell laptop running Vista Home Premium. The problem seems to be in the
Windows PTP driver, specifically the WpdUsb.sys driver. When I log into
msconfig, the tools tab confirms that WpdUsb driver is not started; and
instead, has stopped.

I cannot make Device Manager enable this driver.

Suggestions?
Thanks,
Tim

squigs

I have a Samsung K3 which I have got Windows Media 9, under Win98SE, to connect to. All I had to do was run the MTP9x-2k.EXE and install the player through the add/remove hardware dialog (select the wmd hardware type). I also modified the .inf file by adding the vid/pid entries I saw on other sites and set it as the driver. The mtp porting kit from windows is useless, you have xp or newer so don't bother downloading. Which makes alot of sense.

ShaiKhai

Thank you so much i don't even have 2000 i have xp but this gave me the .inf file that when sinstalled worked for my creative, i love you!