Re: iTunes Frustration
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
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
RE: iTunes Frustration
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
Re: iTunes Frustration
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
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
RE: iTunes Frustration
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
