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Summary: Early adopters who have rushed out to grab their copy of Windows Vista have found that it has broken iTunes. As a result, Apple has suggested that people hold off upgrading to Vista "for a few weeks", at which time a new version of iTunes is expected to be released. They are also offering an iTunes Repair Tool for Vista, for those who have already made the switch.

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Early adopters who have rushed out to grab their copy of Windows Vista have found that it has broken iTunes. As a result, Apple has suggested that people hold off upgrading to Vista for a few weeks, at which time a new version of iTunes is expected to be released (they are also offering the “iTunes Repair Tool for Vista” for those who have already upgraded). The new version of iTunes and Vista are expected to play more nicely. Not all people are having a problem with Vista and iTunes, but a significant number are.

Says the Apple site, “iTunes 7.0.2 may work with Windows Vista on many typical PCs. Apple recommends, however, that customers wait to upgrade Windows until after the next release of iTunes which will be available in the next few weeks.”

One of the more common problem has been a permissions problem. In addition, problems listed include “failure to play music and video purchased from the iTunes store; poor animation performance; and a failure to automatically synchronize media, contacts and calendars.”

If it’s… uh oh … too late and you have already upgraded to Vista, Apple recommends taking these steps:

1. Deauthorize all iTunes Store accounts.
2. Enable Disk Use on all iPod models.
3. Uninstall iTunes.
4. Perform a clean install of Windows Vista (Highly recommended but not required).
5. Reinstall the latest version of iTunes.
6. Open iTunes.
7. Choose Authorize Computer from the Store menu in iTunes.

In addition, you can download and run what Apple is calling the “iTunes Repair Tool for Vista”, which they are making available on their website.

You can download the iTunes Repair Tool for Vista here.

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2 Comments »

I wouldn’t put it past Micro$oft to have tried to “break” Itunes — remember their warcry from the Dark Ages of computing (back when we had 640k of RAM and *liked* it)… “DOS ain’t done ’till Lotus won’t run!”

Comment by Tallman — 2/6/2007 @ 7:56 am
I do not think it was Microsoft’s thinking. It’s apple job to make sure it’s software will work with Vista. Many different companies have had issues. Norton, Quick books are two names that come to mind.

Comment by Vista Repair — 1/16/2008 @ 8:19 pm

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