Microsoft Zune back in order after weirdest technical blunder

Washington, United States, January 3: Internal clock glitch in Microsoft Zune Media players that overlooked 266th day of the year 2008 was responsible for freezing the media players and annoying its users worldwide last week. The Microsoft technical team has realized their blunder and quickly responded back with a fix to appease the angry users who spent the New Year’s Eve scratching their heads dealing with the bugged player.

Microsoft wrote in a support note on their website that the problem has been fixed now and, “You can go back to using your Zune!" The note carried the guidelines the users needed to follow to get their Zune back in order.

The guidelines suggested the users to reset their players following certain steps; first, allow the battery to drain, disconnecting the player from power, “Wait until the battery is empty and the screen goes black,” the instruction read. As the next step, users were instructed to charge up the device to put it on, but only post 7 a.m. GMT on Jan. 1

Microsoft spokesperson Brian Eskeridge stated, "By charging the device and having turned it on January 1st (or later) owners should be able to get the gadget back to normal."

The leap day miss-out had particularly affected 30GB Zune models and caused all the Zune players across the world to freeze exactly at the same moment. This only added to the Microsoft’s list of technical loopholes. Microsoft-made video game consoles have already earned a bad name for their 100 percent fail rate over three years.

The latest blunder was more than unwelcomed as it hit on the New Year’s Eve and that too over a childish error; missing out the last day of leap year. Users had to release their frustration somewhere, so they jumped on to forums with complaints and hilarious comments so aggressively that even servers were strained.

Even though the fix for the player has been found, the 30GB Zune media player, which was released in 2006, has slid a step down in its efforts to compete with Apple’s iPod.