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    Welcome to my blog.

    I am an Architect with MS Consulting Services specializing in Infrastructure Optimization and Virtualization. I am also the co-author of the new Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Resource Kit and the Virtual Server 2005 R2 Resource Kit.

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Installing Zune 3.1 on Windows Server 2008 x64

Ok you are probably wondering why you would ever need Zune software on your Windows Server 2008 x64 machine….well if you are like me, my primary machine is my notebook and I run Windows Server 2008 x64 so I can have Hyper-V.

Anyway, Microsoft released a new version of the Zune software the other day and I wanted to install the latest version on my machine.  Good – there is a native 64-bit version of Zune. Bad - the Zune installer blocks on Windows Server 2008 x64.

So how do you get around this issue?  You can extract the installation package and install by hand…..that gets around the installation block on OS version, but there is a catch, you MUST install as the local administrator. No you cannot install with an account that is a member of the local administrators group.

Here is the process

1) Download the Zune 3.1 package from here.  It is a 300+ MB package

2) Open a command prompt and launch the downloaded package with the /x option to extract it versus launch the installation.

ZUNEPACKAGE31.exe /x

3) Specify a folder to extract to, I used C:\TEMP\ZUNE31 as the directory

4) Go to C:\TEMP\ZUNE31\x64\PACKAGES

5) Right Click the ZUNE_X64.MSI and select Install

6) Answer the questions and it will install

Now go enjoy the music!

Posted: Friday, November 21, 2008 5:54 AM by RobLarso

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# November 22, 2008 8:23 AM

markeboyle said:

thanks for sharing...just what i was looking for. i don't think we're alone with the desktop running hyper-v!

# November 22, 2008 3:51 PM

statianzo said:

Thanks! You saved me from getting rather upset with Microsoft.

# December 3, 2008 12:55 PM

mjwills said:

I have followed your steps but Zune is crashing when it starts up (the GUI appears and then a few seconds later I get 'Microsoft Zune has stopped working' -> Debug / Close Program).

Are there any pre-reqs that need to be run before installing Zune?

# December 8, 2008 8:47 PM

gkirkpatrick said:

No joy for me. I extracted the files, but running the MSI grinds for a couple of seconds and then terminates with no errors or other messages. Haven't looked for the logs yet...

# December 10, 2008 2:40 PM

DonCox said:

I had the same issue at first with the MSI backing out of the install.  Here's how I got around it (running Windows Server 2008 Standard, 32-bit):

1. Open a command-prompt with "Run as admininistrator".

2. Navigate to the folder containing "zune-x86.msi" (should be in "/x86/packages/").

3. Simply type in zune-x86.msi, hit enter, and let it run.

Hope this helps.

# January 5, 2009 2:06 AM
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