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iTunes 8 causes Windows Vista problems
Not everyone is rocking to the new iTunes 8 released Tuesday. An informal poll on ZDNet suggests that a problem with the latest edition of the Apple media player is affecting some, but not all, users of the software on Microsoft's Windows Vista. (You can download iTunes 8 for Windows from CNET Download.com.)
Users on an Apple forum reported seeing the so-called blue screen of death (BSOD) on their desktops running Windows Vista with iTunes 8 installed. The BSOD problem occurs shortly after connecting their iPods and iPhones.
A second, more subtle effect is that their CD/DVD drives "disappear."
ZDNet's Ed Bott offers a look at the upgrades or changes in iTunes 8.
Removing other USB devices, such as Webcams and printers, appears to resolve the problem, for the moment. Users on the forum speculate that there is an incompatibility between Apple and USB products from LogicTech and HP, as well as disc-burning software from Roxio.
We will update this post with further details, as they unfold.
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You know, it's funny, I hear all of this bad talk about Vista, but I've been running it for a year now and I haven't had hardly any problems with it.
There is no way to stop mobileme from being installed, you can remove it later if you don't mind playing around in the registry
http://asmallslice.wordpress.com/2008/07/31/remove-mobileme-preferences-from-the-control-panel/
But stop being a fanboy, for the love of god - Apple included it directly in Itunes 7.7 with no way to tell it no
It can be uninstalled using a registry hack
http://asmallslice.wordpress.com/2008/07/31/remove-mobileme-preferences-from-the-control-panel/
or if you don't have an ipod at all just uninstall the mobile device
@Fellow - think of the bsod in Vista as a kernal panic (what osx and Linux do), something with the apple driver is conflicting with something in Vista.
Thing is it doesn't happen to everyone
I have Vista and the update fixed Itunes from coming up all black and the backup is faster now
no BSODS
Wow, you fan kiddies know no limit on twisting the facts to blame anyone but Apple. Any system regardless of OS can be crashed with drivers living outside of the user space.
Drivers can bring down a whole system and Apple knows it. The driver in question has been around for years and has a well documented history of crashing Windows! It almost appears that Apple is deliberately doing this to crash a competing OS so they can claim there is a problem with Microsoft's OS and then later claim after 6 months that it took a miracle to fix this problem because of Windows complexity.
Not a Vista problem its documented on Apple's support that its not.
I agree with you on where the blame lies in this case but the example you used had a slight flaw.
In my case tho restarting the laptop (which was the first time it had crashed in 6 months of having it) solved the problem. I must admit that apple claims one app. would crash ur entire system, which in this case it did.
On the flip side tho. i'm thinking the vista counterpart is not even capable or restarting ??? i'm not sure so i wont coment on that.
My XP desktop is working just fine btw
I am just glad we have WPM
Mac user's are too brainwashed to care and bend over backwards to make excuses for problems.
I used to have some respect for Apple, but not any more. After the whole Safari forced update in Apple updates on Windows machines. I have had little respect for Apple doing anything for its users.
They are strictly about the stack holders and Steve Jobs looking good. As if Steve Jobs has never inflated
sales figures or anything else before.
@veganman: My point: VISTA BLOWS.
@rapier: I can count the number of times I've seen the kernel panic on two fingers in 2 years on my Mac. For the previous BSOD and other mysterious WIndows crashes I would need a Cray computer to keep track of them all.
- by sting7k September 11, 2008 10:03 AM PDT
- It affected me. I got my Vista laptop back in December '07. I updated iTunes the other day, seemed good enough. I then saw I had some updates for a few iPhone apps, I connect to get the updates and sync some other stuff. iPhone is recognized by Windows as normal, then as iTunes starts it's sync, BAM blue screen. This is the first time I have ever seen the blue screen on my laptop. I have both an HP printer and logitech mouse, and it is not an option to remove either.
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Showing 1 of 4 pages (115 Comments)Everyone saying its Vista's problem, no get over youself. iTunes 7.7 or whatever the last one was worked perfectly fine with no issues. It is iTunes, end of story. My drivers are all up to date and it was iTunes that caused the crash. I restored my computer back to a time the day before and all is fine again. Something is wrong with iTunes 8, its that simple.