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How compatible is iTunes on Windows Vista?

Apple Inc. released a new version of iTunes that works with Windows Vista on many typical PCs.

The new version of iTunes takes care of a lot of compatibility issues with Vista.  If you have installed Vista on your computer, ensure that you download the latest version of iTunes. 



The new iTunes 7.1 took care of some of the known issues with Vista. Apple is still working with Microsoft to take care of rest of the problems which include:

  • Ejecting your iPod using "Safely Remove Hardware" option or from Windows Explorer might corrupt your iPod.  Microsoft is still working this which should take care of this issue.  It is recommended that if you have Vista, you need to update when it gets released, click here to get more details on this.


  • For safely ejecting your iPod, only use Eject iPod option from the Controls menu in iTunes for now.
    • In general, the safest way to disconnect any iPod from any machine is to use the eject button in iTunes. Use it.
  • If you have display related problems on iTunes then try resizing the iTunes window.  That should take care of this problem
  • Synchronization of Contact Groups from Windows Contacts will not work on your iPod as of now.
  • 64 bit editions of Windows Vista and XP is still not supported by iTunes.

To make sure that you don't have any trouble syncing your iPod or playing iTunes store purchased music when upgraded to Vista from Windows 2000 or XP, follow the steps below:
  1. First step is to deauthorize all iTunes Store accounts. Click here to see how.
  2. Its highly recommended to do a clean install of Windows Vista rather than upgrading it from other OS.
  3. Download and Upgrade to iTunes 7.1 if you haven't yet done that.
  4. After installing iTunes, open it and from the menu bar, click Store ->  Authorize Computer.


If you are still having trouble, then just leave a comment in the comments section below or post them to Zolved GuruConnect and let a guru take care of your problem.

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  • Posted by: skip518_1650 at 25 Mar 13:39 permalink
    i am not computer savvy and i just purchased an ipod i tried to download itunes 7.1.1 and my computer tells me a firewall is up (which i believe i have taken down) and that i must install VBSscript and turn off script blocking if anyone can help please contact me at s k i p 5 1 8 @ y a h o o . c o m (just put it all together with no spaces) Thank you very much
  • Posted by: njudie1_7694 at 08 Apr 09:53 permalink
    I have windows Vista after download of Itunes 7.1 and 7 I receive error message that states "ITunes cannot run because it has detected a problems with your audio configuration". Need help on how to over come this. I cannot access my ITunes music library at all.
    • Posted by: kplaya4real_8976 at 11 Apr 19:42 permalink
      i downloaded a song from itunes and i bought it with no problem but it downloaded halfway and said my connection timed out, and it said "Error = -3259" what is the problem and how can i fix it? email me at kplaya4real@aol.com thank you? :)
    • Posted by: jstarr_713 at 26 Apr 15:19 permalink
      I have three Ipods linked to a common library on a machine running windows xp professional. I recently purchased a new laptop running Windows Vista and installed Itunes 7.1.1. The laptop only recognizes one of my three Ipods, which happens to be a first generation nano. The ipods it won't recognize are a second generation nano (latest model), and a mini. Vista keeps asking for drivers, but they're already installed via version 7.1.1. Any ideas?
    • Posted by: centoris at 05 May 08:51 permalink
      I updated to itunes 7.1.1 from 7.0.1 and it came up wid the bout the audio config..the best way to fix it is first remove itunes and QuickTime from the control pannel....etc...then once removed go to www.oldapps.com/itunes and download itunes 7.0.1 and 7.0.0 and run it and then it works fine....dont update for a while untill apple fixes some of the bugs...hopefully soon gudluck :P
      • Posted by: jimmy_5249 at 13 May 04:06 permalink
        hi bought a new HP computer with Vista. I did a data transfer from my old laptop to my new computer using a Belkin transfer cable. Now half of my i-tunes music won't play as it says the origional location of the file cannot be located. Also Vista seems to want to play everything through it's own programs even though i have defaulted evrything to use i-tunes. When i downl;oad from bit torrent.com, it says ther files are downloaded on the c: drive, howevwer when i go to it's stated location shown in file properties, there is no such location. Can anyone help me? My e-mail is jimmy@the-mudhut.com
        • Posted by: cchesebro_8554 at 20 May 14:01 permalink
          I am having a problem even instaling on Vista. It keeps telling me that the program is not a valid Win32 program. Any ideas?
        • Posted by: jason.damas_922 at 04 Jun 07:12 permalink
          I have been having a problem since upgrading to Vista 3 months ago, and it still continues even after the flurry of recent Apple and Microsoft patches and upgrades (I'm now on iTunes 7.2). If I'm playing songs in iTunes, it works almost perfectly. However, if I pause iTunes and let it sit for more than 5 minutes or so, then when I return to the program there will be funky display issues, that cause iTunes to look all chunky, almost like a webpage with a broken style sheet. This also causes several functions of the program to be unusuable, and the only way to fix it is to CTRL+ALT+DEL, kill the program, and restart it. Please tell me someone is going to fix this!
          • Posted by: timmy_boy52_6708 at 07 Jun 12:24 permalink
            I am now ruinning Vista with itunes 7.2, and I am unable to download and play video podcasts, and also sync videos to my ipod. The message tells me that the file type is not supported by my ipod, but it all worked when it was on XP. Any ideas?
            • Posted by: philippa_loughhead_1984 at 13 Jun 00:40 permalink
              I have a new iPod mini and Windows Vista Home Premium. I've got the newest version of iTunes but whenever I plug my iPod into the computer Windows stops responding and nothing on the computer will work. I can still access the internet though. As soon as I pull the iPod cable out of the computer everything immediately starts working again. It's so frustrating! Can anyone help me?
              • Posted by: andreapneil_7347 at 18 Jun 07:46 permalink
                I have an ipod nano and recently got a new HP desktop PC with Windows Vista. I have not been able to connect to the iTunes store since we got the new computer. I have called Apple numerous times and each time they ask if I have downloaded the new iTunes version, etc. but it still doesn't work. This weekend I was talking to the help desk at HP for some other issues I had, and he said absolutely iTunes DOES NOT WORK with Vista yet. I am curious how others have gotten it to work...??? It is so frustrating. I am able to play songs from my playlist, etc but just cannot connect to the store to buy anything.
                I guess at this point I am just resigned to the fact that I am going to have to wait.....wait.....wait....
                • Posted by: yipon_3945 at 29 Jun 18:30 permalink
                  I too have a vista laptop and a mini and am having the same problem. Today I downloaded ITunes 7.3 and it still won't work, did you ever get your to?
                • Posted by: dasht691_1088 at 19 Jun 16:23 permalink
                  My iTunes downloads/syncs commonly cause the following message "Itunes has stopped working", occasionally followed with a blue screen memory dump warning. What is going on here?
                  • Posted by: summerbrlu_9201 at 27 Jul 12:33 permalink
                    Ive got the same problem. Both apple and HP act like theyve never heard of such a thing. It has crashed several hard drives that had to be replaced. Lately it says Itunes has stopped working when I try to sync my ipod or watch purchased videos or the videos play slowly and dont move. But what is odd is that when I set my desktop up to share its itunes library( its windows XP) it woks great. I can watch videos like that and it works fine as long as it like that. Ive also tried evrything. Im scared if i keep trying it will ruin my ipod or HP may eventually refuse to replace the hard drive again. HP and Apple have repeatedly told me there are no compatibility issues, but I dont believe them, b/c it crashes everytime I watch purchesed videos or try to transfer purchases from my Ipod. I dont have problems accessing the store or anything. Please help if anyone knows a solution. The main reason I got my laptop was to watch my itunes videos.
                  • Posted by: mmustafa.z_6064 at 23 Jun 22:39 permalink
                    I have a windows vista downloaded and installed the latest itunes. It does not recognize my ipod when i plug it in. I checked if my ipod service is running, Yes it is running. Any thing else?
                  • Posted by: weversol_3851 at 29 Jun 16:11 permalink
                    I have Vista and am trying to install itunes and it just keeps saying "This installation package could not be opened . Verify the package exists, and that you can access it or contact the application vendor to verify that this is a valid Windows Installer package" Then I click ok and nothing happens. Once before when I tired installing it - it said "not a valid win32" or something like that.
                    • Posted by: powertumbler00_8693 at 02 Jul 10:45 permalink
                      I recently bought a new dell computer with Windows Vista. I have an ipod video and downloaded the most recent version of iTunes. It worked sometimes. If I was in iTunes for a long time it would quit unexpectedly. I have reinstalled iTunes at least 3 times and it did the same thing. This morning I tried to open it and it won't open it just says it has unexpectedly quit. I have tried everything and can't find anybody to contact on apple.com so I hope you can help me or send me to someone who can.
                      • Posted by: kkerin1_2146 at 08 Jul 01:24 permalink
                        i have installed every update for itunes but every time i try to load the updated version the error message "itunes has stopped working" appears, vista has been the worse decision i've every made for my pc! as the non-compatible list is endless.