I'm one step away from re-installing Windows. I use this machine for very little, doing so will not inconvenience me terribly. I'll mess around with a few other things first, though.
On Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:41:43 -0400, you wrote: >Sorry to hear it didn't work. If you find some way to pull it off, could >you post it to the list? > >Dan > > >-----Original Message----- >From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] >On Behalf Of Steve Matzura >Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 12:14 AM >To: PC Audio Discussion List >Subject: Re: iTunes Frustration > >OK, I found, installed, and ran Revo Uninstaller. Very nice! Might >even buy the pro version. I'm sorry to report, however, that it did no >good whatsoever. It did no bad, either--i.e., it didn't break >anything--but when I picked the machine cleaner than a Sunday-dinner >chicken and installed iTunes once again, the very same things >happened. I plugged the iPhone into the USB port, and yes, I tried >various USB ports, I have six--four on the back, two on the front of >the box--got the dong-ding bells, got the message "Found new hardware, >Apple Mobile Device USB", or maybe it was "Apple Mobile USB Device," >either way, got that, followed by a little pop a few seconds later. >The device shows up in Control Panel / System / Hardware / Device >Manager / USB Controllers when iTunes is open and the device is >connected, but not otherwise. I still cannot find it in the tree view, >and iTunes didn't automatically launch its first-time startup wizard >either. There's somethin' seriously wrong here, I just wish I knew how >to figure it out, and ultimately, what it is. > >On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:18:19 -0400, you wrote: > >>Thanks, Dan, I'm on the hunt for it now. Will report back forthwith. >> >>On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:45:15 -0400, you wrote: >> >>>If you can find a program called Revo Uninstaller, it should work. I had >a >>>similar problem with iTunes except that I couldn't even install a new >>>version >>> >>>Revo Uninstaller has an advanced mode and it's very accessible. You may >>>even have to run it more than once, but it did the trick for my iTunes >>>reinstall. >>> >>>HTH >>> >>>Dan >>> >>> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] >>>On Behalf Of Steve Matzura >>>Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 9:04 PM >>>To: pc-audio; player >>>Subject: iTunes Frustration >>> >>>I've a particular machine on which I wish to install iTunes, current >>>version, I think it's 10.4.10. No matter what I do, no matter how many >>>times I completely remove, de-install, expunge iTunes, Quicktime, >>>Apple software update, Bonjour, Apple mobile device support and Apple >>>application support from my machine, cleaning out stuff in the >>>"Documents and settings" folder having anything whatsoever to do with >>>Apple or iTunes, ensuring the Program Files folder and Common Files >>>folder is clear of anything to do with Appleware, then re-installing >>>iTunes and rebooting just to make sure everything gets installed, I >>>plug in my iPhone, get the doo-ding USB device connected noise, and >>>sometimes I get the "new hardware found" message with the words "Apple >>>mobile device" and sometimes with the word "iPhone" after. Upon >>>opening iTunes, the iPhone does not appear. In fact, nothing in >>>Devices appears. I look in Control Panel / System / Hardware / Device >>>Manager / USB Devices and do not find anything installed there that >>>even remotely looks like a USB driver of any kind. There's a system >>>environment variable called devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices which, when >>>set to 1, will show you anything untoward in Device Manager. I have >>>this set thus, and I never see anything in USB devices. I can plug >>>other USB devices, such as disks, audio or MIDI interfaces, etc., SD >>>cards in readers, even the JAWS dongle, into any of the USB ports on >>>the machine, and they all work like they're supposed to. The only >>>thing I'm having trouble with is this darn iTunes device driver. I'd >>>would so much prefer to manage my iPhone on my PC than my wife's Mac, >>>but I suppose if I have to, I'll go that route, but I can't imagine >>>there's not some way to fix this problem. Any suggestions not >>>previously covered in the above are most welcome, with my undying >>>thanks in advance. >>> >>>To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>>pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >>> >>> >>>To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>>pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >> >>To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > >To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > > >To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
