Comments on: iTunes 8 and Vista = a big nono?

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:37:04 +0000

There is problems with the installer package in itunes 8 64 bit. If you extract the file you will get about 5 programs. When you install them separately you will find that itunes64 and mobile device will get windows installer error. This IS NOT a vista problem. It is a botched package issue with apple software engineers. Think about it……..one day they release a version and it results a blue screen for some and then they roll back some drivers and release another version maybe a bit too quick and ….wala…..you now have the end result of hasty programming. Call APPLE asap and bitch like hell…….also we need to bitch to ATT for a free no loss of our mins when calling apple for this sort of problem………….I spent 60 mins of my 450 talking to 2 tech and still got nowhere.

By: iambored8907

iambored8907 — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:35:03 +0000

Well Apple isn’t very supportive of windows users. Look how long it took them to support iTunes for Vista. I understand why, but if they really cared about there customers (instead of their profits) they would treat them equal. But look at microsoft they dont support Mac OS at all (or do they?). I know their DRM doesnt.

By: iambored8907

iambored8907 — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:31:47 +0000

I have used Vista for two years and I have never had the BSOD on my desktop, but now I remember getting it on my laptop but I think it was because it overheated (not software releated)

By: iambored8907

iambored8907 — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:30:06 +0000

Do you mean you cannot INSTALL 8? Cause you said you can’t dl it, then you say you get a install error. Have you tried running sfc.exe \scannow in the command prompt? That’s windows built in SystemFileScan if you didnt know ;) I always run that when I run into problems, and sometimes it does fix the problem.

By: WaitWhat

WaitWhat — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:03:36 +0000

Getting the BSOD here too. :evil: Luckily the laptop I sync with is still on 7.7.

By: Forrest

Forrest — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:57:12 +0000

I thought vista got rid of the blue screen of death on vista. Any way I don’t get why so many programs are having such a hard time on vista.

By: SS

SS — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:56:04 +0000

im running 64bit Vista Ultimate, and i can’t download itunes 64 (8.0 or older versions) when i try i get a Windows Installer error, but for some reason i can install itunes 32bit versions no problem. all other software works normally

By: hhrocha

hhrocha — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:15:11 +0000

hi in here work’s perfectily

By: Molly

Molly — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:34:52 +0000

No problem here, I’ve updated my Touch and sync it without any problem. Lucky me. :grin:

By: iambored8907

iambored8907 — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:15:31 +0000

I have never had the BSOD since going from XP to Vista. So I have no problems with 32bit or 64bit windows iTunes 8. So these must be isolated cases