Zune and Windows XP 64 bit Pro

So, I'm one of the people that wants to make use of more than 2 gigs of ram, among other things, but doesn't want to go to Vista. I have Windows XP 64 bit Professional. I love XP, so I figure, this is all good in the hood, right?

Wrong.

I bought a Zune 80 gig, and thought, mistakenly, that Microsoft would surely support their own operating system. As it happens to be, Zune software is NOT compatable with XP 64 bit Pro. Does anyone know of anything that I can use to bludgen microsoft... er, I mean, DO to get Zune to work on my OS?

I tried doing the hack trick, that requires I install it on (someone elses) another XP 32 bit machine, but nothing I could do would get that to work. I kept getting messages telling me I needed to restart after setup. (I did, several times, and no dice.)

It'd be so much easier if Microsoft would just support their own OS like a good little super-corperation.

I am in the same boat as you, have you figured out what to do yet? did you get the hack to work finally?

I've got this to work.  Zune 3.0.352.0 released 9/16/2008 on Windows XP Professional x64.  There's several lengthy guides floating around the internet.  After digging through them, I've got enough pieced together to reliably install Zune 3.0 on an XP x64 system.

I just bought a Zune 120 and fell into this problem too. psouza4, I sent you an e-mail asking for the install pkg. I would gladly try this out for you because it seems as well that i have no luck in finding any help for getting a program for my os. Thank you!

btw , if anyone else has any other methods please feel free to share them. They would be most helpful!

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OK, I just emailed you and joined the site today (see how you are increasing members?).  I hope that this allows me to use my Zune now.  I did install the Zune 3.0 x86 software on a VM on this box (my x64 XP box) and was able to install the XP x86 and the regular software and connect to it that way, but what a pain.  I would rather run it natively.  I'll PM you as well psouza4.

Ok, i'm currently downloading psouza4's zune3.0 repack.  I'll let everyone know how it goes.