oh forget you apple, any have some advice itunes has mucked up my computer
im really pissed right now and rather then rant im just going to try to list what happened in chronological order. this is a windows xp machine i figure this is a pretty tech literate forum so i figured i would try asking here before moving to other sources. and please - i am pissed off as it is i dont want to hear any mac fanboy crap.
i uninstalled some of the crap that apple piggybacks on itunes install (namely bonjour)
itunes stops working due to my excisions
i go to use ableton, and i use a novation automap controller. the automap server fails launch due to an inability to find dnssd.dll
i look up dnssd.dll on google and see that it is a bonjour/apple extension.
so…
i uninstall itunes all together.
bonjour still shows up on the add/remove programs list and will not uninstall nor will it delete itself from the list saying because it cannot find the msi file. the bonjour folder does not exist any more in program files.
now everytime i try to reinstall bonjour or itunes the process cant be completed because the computer insists it cannot remove an old file that doesnt even exist
frankly at this point i dont even care about getting itunes back, i just want automap to work again
at least you learned your lesson (i hope): don’t mess with stuff if you don’t know what it does. anyway, ideas:
look up what files are installed by bounjour. now find all of them and delete them. basically do a manual uninstall.
get someone to throw you a copy of their files, put them in the right locations on your drive, and see if you have some luck that way. you could at least put them in place and see if the uninstall will go through.
i dont want to sound harsh but i should be able to uninstall software that i didnt knowingly choose to install without it doing this sorta shit. i would say this falls pretty close to the definition of malware. as far as i know, automap worked just fine without bonjour or any apple software as it ran just fine before…
but anyways - there are no folders or files left from bonjour to delete. so thats out of the question. and ive used ccleaner to clean up my registry but i still receive the same error messages. ive tried downloading microsofts install cleanup, but the file i download fails to launch. downloaded it from multiple sources - same thing everytime
Get a copy of the file that the uninstaller is trying to delete that is no longer there, and put it there, just to get the uninstaller to finish, then reinstall.
Yeah, that sort of shit is the reason why I stopped using Norton products in general (especially their anti virus) years ago. I honestly think that companies that do a half ass job with their uninstall process should be liable for stuff like that.
Anyhow, Registry Mechanic works fine for me, but if you say that you already ran a thorough registry scan, then obviously the problem lies elsewhere.
Its odd because theres plenty of sources which state that this is either a registry issue, infection, or hardware problem. Of course that doesn’t really say a whole lot.
iTunes licks mah bawls on Windows OS, but I sort of caved into using it lately given that I purchased a newer MacBook Pro. Of course on that, it works beautifully lol.
Anyhow, that sucks about the system restore. Usually what I do on my desktop is create a barebone Windows installation, install all my programs, get them setup, etc. Then run Acronis true image to create a restore partition which can restore the PC back to its original state. I have a 2nd drive which stores user files, data, music, etc - and the main drive is OS and programs only.
Really kicks ass to give the middle finger to any problem by pressing F11 to perform a 3 minute OS restore with no bullshit to endure lol.
Yeahh I don’t use itunes except to get songs onto my ipod.
To manage my music I just manually make folders in my music (i.e. my documents). It takes longer to make playlists but it’s much more efficient because I can actually make folders inside folders.
This is such a cluster fuck for me. I’m writing this on my cellphone as restore on my laptop won’t work nor will the xp disk that came with it. So for better or worse I am doing a reformat with the vista disk.
I’m pissed and semi placated with 6 pack and a 40 in me watching this ill reputed crap install on my laptop
ugh i did not understand all the negative commentary about vista til now.
it will not not recognize my wireless network. what was once a clearly understandable hierarchy in files and folders - is now plain retarded and confusing. at this point i am piss ass drunk and pissed that instead of spending what should be my friday night from work jamming and writing shit, instead i am just drunk and pissed; and as i write this - still dont know how to fix this. vista runs some retarded ass security thing every time i try to put in the xp installation cd and refuses to acknowledge it.
what pisses me off the most is this laptop was a raw ass deal - i traded an ns7 for this cheap laptop because i needed a decent xp laptop. looks like rather than spending tomorrow, my saturday jamming til my girlfriend gets off work, i will instead be talking to a microsoft tech in india trying to get my install cd to fucking work.
Bonjour isn’t necessarily a load of crap… because it’s actually “a service discovery protocol used to locate devices”.
Sometimes the software bundled with other software is at the core of what makes the software you want work. pretty sure you need quicktime too for itunes for example.
I feel your pain though… i hate it when computer says no…
I never understood why Apple can’t get iTunes to work smoothly on Windows. I know Windows has it’s quirks but come on! There are so many programs that run just fine and do way more than iTunes.
I’m with rt24. Before I switched from Windows to Mac I just used iTunes for the mp3 transfers to my iPod. It was just too painful to do anything in that god awful program.
problem solved. i still like itunes for throwing together playlists, as both itch and traktor recognize the library. solution to avoiding this bullshit mess - downloaded an older version of itunes that doesnt piggyback this shit on me
