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iTunes not compatible with Vista

Loganator456Loganator456
edited March 2007 in Technology
Ok, I am currently running Vista, and there is no way I can get out of it(My dad is a computer specialist and "believes we should run windows"). Recently, my computer has crashed on countless occasions while iTunes is running. Apparently there is something wrong with iTunes and Vista. Do any of you use Vista and iTunes? I was wondering if there is a patch for this somewhere or some kind of place where I can fix it.

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  • deaf-mutedeaf-mute
    Apple made a fix for it. I happened to see the other day while trying to fix my iPod, which I managed to break pretty nicely with linux.

    Also, google tells you about it. The only thing is that it looks like the page on the apple site has move or something....
  • StarfoxStarfox
    My dad is a computer specialist

    "believes we should run windows"
    What? These two statements don't seem to jive. Is there any reason why he would insist on windows? Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you mean by "specialist."
  • deaf-mutedeaf-mute
    Okay. the reasoning behind being unable to find it on their site is probably because of this;
    http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/itunes-7-1-out-claims-to-play-nicer-with-vista/
  • Loganator456Loganator456
    He is a Computer Specialist for Business Micros with a Programming Option(associates degree). The reason why he always wants to run windows is probably because windows is predominatley used, and because he says needs to know it for trobleshooting people computers.
  • kenjurakenjura
    Why, oh why, would anyone use iTunes if they weren't forced to?

    I've been unable to find any media player for Mac OS X that's even remotely as good as Winamp; all potential candidates just curled up and died when iTunes came out. Good thing OpenOffice didn't do that for MS Office, or Linux for Windows itself.

    I say, use this as an opportunity to explore the many and widely varied options for media playing for Windows (as contrasted with Mac OS X). Then, when you're done experimenting, just use fricking Winamp. =Þ
  • AprecheApreche
    As a program which manages, organizes and plays audio, Winamp is still awesome. However, as a program that downloads podcasts and syncrhonizes them with an mp3 player, the iPod/iTunes combination is sadly, vastly superior to all others.

    The example I always like to use is pause/resume. I can listen to half of a podcast in the car, pause it, then resume from where I left off in iTunes after synchronizing it with the iPod. If I have 5 minutes left to go, I can pause, sync with the iPod, and finish the show on my way to the car. Nothing else can do that. Nothing. Most of my iPod use is podcast listening, so for the time being, iTunes is the winner.

    For managing my vast music library on my desktop computer I now use Amarok.
  • kenjurakenjura
    I must agree with the usefulness of iTunes as a podcatcher. I use it for that purpose, as well; it beats manually downloading every podcast. Of course, if they'd just make an iPod that could wirelessly connect to the internet, that would be solved. God, I hate Apple fanboyism, but even I'd go for that almost immediately.

    I must concede the awesomeness of Amarok as well, though, for the actually managing of my music library, I use explorer/konqueror/finder like I've always done. Shrug.
  • AprecheApreche
    I must agree with the usefulness of iTunes as a podcatcher. I use it for that purpose, as well; it beats manually downloading every podcast. Of course, if they'd just make an iPod that could wirelessly connect to the internet, that would be solved. God, I hate Apple fanboyism, but even I'd go for that almost immediately.
    One of the few positive things I can say about the PSP is that it can connect to the net via wifi and get podcasts. If anyone came out with a small, reasonably priced, flash mp3 player that did that I would drop my nano so fast. Wtf is taking so long for people to actually produce this obvious technology? Have we reached a point where we can invent new technology faster than we can actually implement, manufacture and deploy it? I hope not.
  • glimpsterglimpster
    Ironically, that's how I discovered Geeknights, was through a PSP. I was on the web browser on the yahoo podcast directory, and BAM, there was Geeknights. Then I actually listened to through its RSS reader, but that was before I found itunes, which was a million times better.
  • deaf-mutedeaf-mute
    I've got to say, for a long while, I just used explorer to manage my mp3s. I had things IN my iTunes library, but that was just to put them on the iPod. I am sort of using Amarok now, but that's still mostly just to get them on the iPod. I'm slowly going through the song list in Amarok and fixing the id3 tags (because for some reason, it didn't keep the recent changes I made with another program...)
    The example I always like to use is pause/resume. I can listen to half of a podcast in the car, pause it, then resume from where I left off in iTunes after synchronizing it with the iPod. If I have 5 minutes left to go, I can pause, sync with the iPod, and finish the show on my way to the car. Nothing else can do that. Nothing. Most of my iPod use is podcast listening, so for the time being, iTunes is the winner.
    Um. Does that only work on the mac version? I've never noticed that.
  • Josh BytesJosh Bytes
    I never liked ITunes. Any music manager that has the option to delete my music because the music on my IPod doesn't match with my PC or vice versa. I no like. Plus when I had to install it last time to update my IPod, it wouldn't run because my music folder wasn't on the C drive. So I had to hack the registry and move my documents back to the C drive to get it running. Yeah, I'm sticking with winamp. For my podcast needs I just use Juice to keep track of the podcast I subscribe to. For finding new podcast I use Yahoo Podcast.
  • AprecheApreche
    I've got to say, for a long while, I just used explorer to manage my mp3s. I had things IN my iTunes library, but that was just to put them on the iPod. I am sort of using Amarok now, but that's still mostly just to get them on the iPod. I'm slowly going through the song list in Amarok and fixing the id3 tags (because for some reason, it didn't keep the recent changes I made with another program...)
    The example I always like to use is pause/resume. I can listen to half of a podcast in the car, pause it, then resume from where I left off in iTunes after synchronizing it with the iPod. If I have 5 minutes left to go, I can pause, sync with the iPod, and finish the show on my way to the car. Nothing else can do that. Nothing. Most of my iPod use is podcast listening, so for the time being, iTunes is the winner.
    Um. Does that only work on the mac version? I've never noticed that.
    I don't think it depends on what version of iTunes you are using, it depends on your iPod. It works on my nano, but I don't remember it working on my mini.
  • AndrewAndrew
    Um. Does that only work on the mac version? I've never noticed that.
    Works for me on my 5th Gen iPod on XP.
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