After seeing somewhere someone mention messing around with the device drivers manually under Vista my Storm is now recognized and appears functional.
Why I actually needed to do this manually with version 4.7 of the DeviceManager installed is beyond me. Especially when it recognized my 8830 no problem.

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Now with Rhapsody my device is recognized, authorized and I'm able to transfer tracks but playback always fails saying I do not have the rights to play the music?

Anyone else see this?

I have Rhapsody To Go tracks running without issue on my Storm. I initially was using Napster To Go (since I have had a subscription with them for years). When I initially transferred Napster tracks to my Storm, I got the same kind of message you are getting about not having rights. My phone was still connected to my laptop when I got this error. But once I disconnected, the tracks played just fine.

Since then, I have cleared out all my Napster tracks. After every sync, I don't try playing any tracks on the Storm until I unplug it from my laptop.

Someone suggested not to attempt to drag n drop the songs but build a playlist then download all songs on that playlist as wma format then transfer the downloaded wma files to the Storm.

I'll try that the first chance I get.

I didn't think about that. Yeah, all my transfers have been via playlists I built in Rhapsody.

Also, just read this tip on Crackberry Forums: "if you are having problems authorizing rhapsody Turn off Mass Storage Mode before connecting and starting Rhapsody. Options -> Memory -> Auto Enable Mass Storage Mode When Connected (No or Prompt)."

You actually have to disable "Mass Storage Mode Support".