Tuesday, March 25, 2008

iTunes and Vista

If you are like me, I prefer iTunes over Windows Media Player. iTunes 7.6 or later is supported with any 64-bit edition of Windows Vista. If you are using 7.5 or earlier, some features may or may not work correctly.

Follow these steps if you're not sure what version of iTunes.

  • Open iTunes
  • Left click on Help in the menu bar
  • From the drop down menu click on About iTunes. A window will open telling you what version if iTunes you have. I have 7.6 on this computer.
  • Panels > System and Maintenance System. Look for an identifier in the

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.

No comments: