Does ANY MP3 player work in Vista?

I've got 2 different Sandisk MP3 players, as well as a new RCA player I
bought for my daughter. Vista cannot locate the "correct" drivers to install
any of them. Does any brand MP3 player work in Vista, to where you can sync
songs to the device? As a caveat - I should point out I'm on RC1, and am
awaiting for my "express" home premium upgrade DVD to arrive by this weekend
(3/23). I will setup as a dual boot to XP, as I have no problems with that
OS. Any advise is welcome.

yeah ipod does

"jim_from_il" wrote:

> I've got 2 different Sandisk MP3 players, as well as a new RCA player I
> bought for my daughter. Vista cannot locate the "correct" drivers to install
> any of them. Does any brand MP3 player work in Vista, to where you can sync
> songs to the device? As a caveat - I should point out I'm on RC1, and am
> awaiting for my "express" home premium upgrade DVD to arrive by this weekend
> (3/23). I will setup as a dual boot to XP, as I have no problems with that
> OS. Any advise is welcome.

How 'bout any brand that is NOT Ipod? It's not that I don't like Ipod -
there just too damn expensive. M$ really f***ked this issue up, as far as
not having drivers to A LOT of USB devices. Anyone else running a non Ipod
MP3 player where Vista recognizes it?

"honeydew" wrote:

> yeah ipod does
>
> "jim_from_il" wrote:
>
> > I've got 2 different Sandisk MP3 players, as well as a new RCA player I
> > bought for my daughter. Vista cannot locate the "correct" drivers to install
> > any of them. Does any brand MP3 player work in Vista, to where you can sync
> > songs to the device? As a caveat - I should point out I'm on RC1, and am
> > awaiting for my "express" home premium upgrade DVD to arrive by this weekend
> > (3/23). I will setup as a dual boot to XP, as I have no problems with that
> > OS. Any advise is welcome.

I have a new HP computer that came with VISTA, but have not had ANY issues
with using any device that uses the USB.

Not that it is much of a help at this point. But I'll give my daughter's MP3
players a whirl on my computer. I wonder if this is more of an "upgrade"
issue, as many of the problems I have been seeing about Vista I have no
issue with, nor do some other friends that have recently purchased a
computer with it already installed.

in article B456919B-72C9-405C-9A00-549427B331BE@microsoft.com, jim_from_il
at jimfromil@discussions.microsoft.com wrote on 3/21/07 3:23 PM:

> How 'bout any brand that is NOT Ipod? It's not that I don't like Ipod -
> there just too damn expensive. M$ really f***ked this issue up, as far as
> not having drivers to A LOT of USB devices. Anyone else running a non Ipod
> MP3 player where Vista recognizes it?
>
> "honeydew" wrote:
>
>> yeah ipod does
>>
>> "jim_from_il" wrote:
>>
>>> I've got 2 different Sandisk MP3 players, as well as a new RCA player I
>>> bought for my daughter. Vista cannot locate the "correct" drivers to
>>> install
>>> any of them. Does any brand MP3 player work in Vista, to where you can sync
>>> songs to the device? As a caveat - I should point out I'm on RC1, and am
>>> awaiting for my "express" home premium upgrade DVD to arrive by this weekend
>>> (3/23). I will setup as a dual boot to XP, as I have no problems with that
>>> OS. Any advise is welcome.

"jim_from_il" <jimfromil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B456919B-72C9-405C-9A00-549427B331BE@microsoft.com...
> How 'bout any brand that is NOT Ipod? It's not that I don't like Ipod -
> there just too damn expensive. M$ really f***ked this issue up, as far as
> not having drivers to A LOT of USB devices. Anyone else running a non
> Ipod
> MP3 player where Vista recognizes it?

I'll have to try my Creative Muvo when I get home. I expect it to work as it
does on XP, no software required: Plug it in and it shows up as a new drive
letter and just drag and drop the songs I want.

I have a Sandisk 4gb player, my wife has a 1gb Sandisk player, both work
fine with subscription and home-ripped music. I have sync-ed music to
several other non-Sandisk players with no problems.

Since you're still on RC-1 that could be your major problem right there.

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"jim_from_il" <jimfromil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7E6631E8-B3A1-41B4-9D76-05C3B6537F1D@microsoft.com...
> I've got 2 different Sandisk MP3 players, as well as a new RCA player I
> bought for my daughter. Vista cannot locate the "correct" drivers to
> install
> any of them. Does any brand MP3 player work in Vista, to where you can
> sync
> songs to the device? As a caveat - I should point out I'm on RC1, and am
> awaiting for my "express" home premium upgrade DVD to arrive by this
> weekend
> (3/23). I will setup as a dual boot to XP, as I have no problems with
> that
> OS. Any advise is welcome.

I tried my daughter's last night she has an RCA Flash mp3 player model
TH101. This works fine, I plug it in just like below it shows up and just
the standard drag & drop the songs I want. I did not try her other one, but
that one also works the same so I do not anticipate any problems with that
one either.

in article OqmcUo$aHHA.348@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl, just bob at
kilbyfan-aol@net.com wrote on 3/21/07 4:47 PM:

>
> "jim_from_il" <jimfromil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B456919B-72C9-405C-9A00-549427B331BE@microsoft.com...
>> How 'bout any brand that is NOT Ipod? It's not that I don't like Ipod -
>> there just too damn expensive. M$ really f***ked this issue up, as far as
>> not having drivers to A LOT of USB devices. Anyone else running a non
>> Ipod
>> MP3 player where Vista recognizes it?
>
> I'll have to try my Creative Muvo when I get home. I expect it to work as it
> does on XP, no software required: Plug it in and it shows up as a new drive
> letter and just drag and drop the songs I want.
>

I have a e200 1gb MP3 Player and Vista is not recognizing it. It says it
cannot successfully install the drivers. Anybody? Thanks

"Debra Lichtenwalner" wrote:

> I tried my daughter's last night she has an RCA Flash mp3 player model
> TH101. This works fine, I plug it in just like below it shows up and just
> the standard drag & drop the songs I want. I did not try her other one, but
> that one also works the same so I do not anticipate any problems with that
> one either.
>
> in article OqmcUo$aHHA.348@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl, just bob at
> kilbyfan-aol@net.com wrote on 3/21/07 4:47 PM:
>
> >
> > "jim_from_il" <jimfromil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:B456919B-72C9-405C-9A00-549427B331BE@microsoft.com...
> >> How 'bout any brand that is NOT Ipod? It's not that I don't like Ipod -
> >> there just too damn expensive. M$ really f***ked this issue up, as far as
> >> not having drivers to A LOT of USB devices. Anyone else running a non
> >> Ipod
> >> MP3 player where Vista recognizes it?
> >
> > I'll have to try my Creative Muvo when I get home. I expect it to work as it
> > does on XP, no software required: Plug it in and it shows up as a new drive
> > letter and just drag and drop the songs I want.
> >
>
>

My Toshiba Gigabeat F20 works fine in Vista, its an oldie but a goodie!

"Patrick" <Patrick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C7AACC84-2F64-4EA6-9959-A02421DE70E8@microsoft.com...
>I have a e200 1gb MP3 Player and Vista is not recognizing it. It says it
> cannot successfully install the drivers. Anybody? Thanks
>
> "Debra Lichtenwalner" wrote:
>
>> I tried my daughter's last night she has an RCA Flash mp3 player model
>> TH101. This works fine, I plug it in just like below it shows up and just
>> the standard drag & drop the songs I want. I did not try her other one,
>> but
>> that one also works the same so I do not anticipate any problems with
>> that
>> one either.
>>
>> in article OqmcUo$aHHA.348@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl, just bob at
>> kilbyfan-aol@net.com wrote on 3/21/07 4:47 PM:
>>
>> >
>> > "jim_from_il" <jimfromil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:B456919B-72C9-405C-9A00-549427B331BE@microsoft.com...
>> >> How 'bout any brand that is NOT Ipod? It's not that I don't like
>> >> Ipod -
>> >> there just too damn expensive. M$ really f***ked this issue up, as
>> >> far as
>> >> not having drivers to A LOT of USB devices. Anyone else running a non
>> >> Ipod
>> >> MP3 player where Vista recognizes it?
>> >
>> > I'll have to try my Creative Muvo when I get home. I expect it to work
>> > as it
>> > does on XP, no software required: Plug it in and it shows up as a new
>> > drive
>> > letter and just drag and drop the songs I want.
>> >
>>
>>