zInternational - Allows International Users Marketplace Access

10 Responses for "zInternational - Allows International Users Marketplace Access"

1. Phil J W July 3rd, 2008 at 1:56 pm 1

   Hmmmm….intresting, im at my office now so i cant try it. Ive already been able to access the marketplace via changing my regional settings to the US then back to canada after….although my Microsoft points still wouldnt let me purchase anything, does this hack get around that? If so isnt that in violation of microsoft service terms, it has to be……marketplace is blocked in canada, and other regions….

2. Korneel July 3rd, 2008 at 2:18 pm 2

   You just had to change in your countrysettings the ‘norms and notations’ (or something alike, I’ve a Dutch PC) into ‘English (United States)’. Your location into ‘United States’ and your ‘Language for applications who aren’t Unicode-compatible’ into ‘English (United States)’. That would also have worked…

3. Zunesi July 3rd, 2008 at 2:36 pm 3

   Yeah but it changes the location settings while keeping currency settings, keyboard settings and other location defined settings the same so international users aren’t forced to use the USA keyboard layout or $ in everything as the default currency without further tweaking.
   Thanks for posting it rock4christ,
   Awesome name btw

4. Phil J W July 3rd, 2008 at 3:04 pm 4

   Zunesi, what your not realizing though is that you DONT have to keep your regional settings changed, all you have to do is close the marketplace, change your settings to the US, start up the zune software, and then you can change ur settings to wherver you want after that!

5. Aden July 4th, 2008 at 3:14 am 5

   No Phil, if you change them back after that, when you reopen the Zune software again, your settings are lost and your playcount and marketplace will nolonger show.

   Trust me, i tested this on 8+ computers with many different regional settings.

   Although i understand why users dont want registry edits, and now we are working on a way of getting the software to accept all settings to show the marketplace, not just the US.

6. chabbz July 4th, 2008 at 6:42 am 6

   can I put my old songs or downloaded songs to zune 30? is there a way?

7. Phil J W July 4th, 2008 at 11:32 am 7

   well aden, you didnt try in on my laptop because what i did worked 100%…….I selected Canada, myabe it doesnt work overseas, but it sure DOES work in canada…my playcount as ALWAYS worked, so i dont understadn why everyone is having an issue….

8. Zunesi July 4th, 2008 at 3:23 pm 8

   But also doesn’t this make the zune card working whereas just changing the regional settings has no effect on the zunecard,
   Alex.W said he did what you did Phil but when he used this his zunecard started working

9. Phil J W July 4th, 2008 at 3:32 pm 9

   you mean http://social.zune.net/member/Phil+J+W that zune card???

   mines worked this whole time!! i bought the new coldplay cd and i saw my card update as i comleted it….

   also note i use my zzune for more videos then music hense my number of plays is low..

10. Fez July 5th, 2008 at 4:22 am 10

    Phil,
    As we said, this hack is intended for those users the features didn’t work for. I have accessed Zune Social and installed Zune Software from around 3 countries now. My Zune Card and Marketplace work just fine.
    If it all works for you, you obviously don’t need it. It does however help out those users these features don’t work for.