| Fix iTunes in Vista |
| Thursday, 08 February 2007 | |
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I had iTunes working, but it was very sluggish, and I eventually broke it somehow using Vista Home Premium. It turns out that it was a strange mix of problems, but I have found a workaround. If iTunes crashes, kills Aero, doesn't run, or any combination of those, give this a try:
Things you need: Get this zipfile. It has the iTunes standalone installer (no Quicktime), as well as the Apple Updater installer, and the Apple iTunes fix for Vista. QTAltertative CCleaner Ok, if you have a working install of iTunes on your Vista machine, you don't need to do this, unless you are having stability issues. I have found that iTunes, at least in my case, is not the culprit when it comes to instability, and crashing. It is Quicktime. For some reason Vista doesn't like it, and I think that has something to do with its rendering system. I couldn't even open the Quicktime options from the control panel, as it crashed. Here is what you need to do: 1.If iTunes is not working at all, or is running badly, uninstall it. If the installer freezes progress, open the task manager and kill iTunes.exe and the uninstaller will continue. 2.Uninstall Quicktime. 3.Install and run CCleaner. Click the registry button and scan your registry for errors. When done, click the "fix all" button and backup the changes to a directory of your choice. 4.Install Quicktime Alternative 5.Install iTunes, followed by the Apple Update Utility DO NOT RUN ANYTHING YET! 6.Install the Apple iTunes Vista Fix 7.Run iTunes and enjoy! |
