Guest dubiousraves Posted October 26, 2008 Posted October 26, 2008 Hi. I just downloaded the latest version of iTunes, and it's wrecked my CD/DVD functionality. (This happened to me once before, too, but I assumed it was a broken optical drive, so I installed a new one.) The only thing that works now is playing songs in the iTunes library. If I try to play a CD or DVD, there's a ticking sound, and distortion. This is true even if I used a different player from iTunes. If I try to upload a CD into iTunes, iTunes does it, but at about 1/15th the normal speed, and all other computer functions are slowed down drastically while the upload is occurring. Any ideas on fixing this? Thanks, Dave
Guest AlmostBob Posted October 26, 2008 Posted October 26, 2008 Re: iTunes download screwed up my computer completely uninstall iTunes then if you have to use crapware, reinstall it and DO NOT allow any default settings, do not allow it to take over any default functions assigned to other players. Read the instructions before you click yes Itunes, like RealPlayer, should not be permitted to change file associations -- Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de spybot http://www.safer-networking.org AVG free antivirus http://www.grisoft.com Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.pandasoftware.com/ActiveScan/ Catalog of removal tools (1) http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/ Catalog of removal tools (2) http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/newsinfo/collateral.aspx?CID=40387 Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before use Grateful thanks to the authors and webmasters _ "dubiousraves" <rubien@comcast.net> wrote in message news:94d5d59a-528c-4e34-a068-01988a44bdfc@d10g2000pra.googlegroups.com... > Hi. I just downloaded the latest version of iTunes, and it's wrecked > my CD/DVD functionality. (This happened to me once before, too, but I > assumed it was a broken optical drive, so I installed a new one.) > > The only thing that works now is playing songs in the iTunes library. > If I try to play a CD or DVD, there's a ticking sound, and distortion. > This is true even if I used a different player from iTunes. > > If I try to upload a CD into iTunes, iTunes does it, but at about > 1/15th the normal speed, and all other computer functions are slowed > down drastically while the upload is occurring. > > Any ideas on fixing this? > > Thanks, > Dave
Guest mae Posted October 26, 2008 Posted October 26, 2008 Re: iTunes download screwed up my computer I hate itunes but needed it for grandkid's ipods. I used this as a guide. Slimming down the bloated itunes8 installer: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=554&tag=nl.e540 mae .. "dubiousraves" <rubien@comcast.net> wrote in message news:94d5d59a-528c-4e34-a068-01988a44bdfc@d10g2000pra.googlegroups.com... | Hi. I just downloaded the latest version of iTunes, and it's wrecked | my CD/DVD functionality. (This happened to me once before, too, but I | assumed it was a broken optical drive, so I installed a new one.) | | The only thing that works now is playing songs in the iTunes library. | If I try to play a CD or DVD, there's a ticking sound, and distortion. | This is true even if I used a different player from iTunes. | | If I try to upload a CD into iTunes, iTunes does it, but at about | 1/15th the normal speed, and all other computer functions are slowed | down drastically while the upload is occurring. | | Any ideas on fixing this? | | Thanks, | Dave
Guest (PeteCresswell) Posted October 26, 2008 Posted October 26, 2008 Re: iTunes download screwed up my computer Per mae: >I hate itunes but needed it for grandkid's ipods. >I used this as a guide. Which begs a question: Has anybody found a substitute for iTunes that works for them? I'm not in love with iTunes either and have tried a few alternatives - such as FooBar2000, MusicMatch and MediaMonkey. I still use MediaMonkey for my Fuze, but it doesn't do the iPod very reliably. Among other things it seems to have problems with play counts and played vs not played and doesn't do video. Is iTunes the only game in town? -- PeteCresswell
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