Last week, I wrote about upgrading all of my family’s PCs to Windows 7 with a Windows 7 Family Pack. One additional step I had to take a few days later was updating the rights for the music we have via Zune Pass.
Our Zune Pass allows us to download unlimited music from the Zune Marketplace and enjoy it for as long as our Zune Pass subscription is valid. On our main media center PC, our music and photos are on a different drive than our OS – meaning that when I upgraded the OS to Windows 7 and updated to the latest version of the Zune software, my music and photos were unaffected.
Then I noticed when trying to play some Zune Pass music via Windows Media Center that I kept receiving the message that my rights had expired.
Now, I usually keep the Zune software running in the background on my Media Center PC, logged in to my account, and this seems to have helped me avoid any rights issues when playing the music through Media Center. What I discovered, though, after my upgrade, was that I did indeed need to update the rights to all of my Zune Pass music. The good news is, it’s very easy to do in the Zune software.
Once logged in, I selected SETTINGS, then account.
Then, I selected Subscription History, which showed me all of the music we had downloaded with our Zune Pass.
Now, I simply clicked the Restore All button.
I started this process before going to bed one evening, so I am not sure how long it took. I can tell you that since I did it, I’ve had no issues whatsoever playing my Zune Pass music through Media Center, through the Zune software itself, or on my Zune.
The Zune Pass lets you enjoy downloaded music on up to three PCs and on three Zunes (you can swap out a PC or player once every 30 days). So, if I get a new laptop and want to enjoy my Zune Pass collection on it, I just need to repeat the steps above to enjoy my collection.
