ITUNES FOR WINDOWS.........WHEN?

Question

I know Apple is aware of the problems with Itunes and Windows, and probably, by now, knows the source of the problem. (After installation, Itunes returns an error, and refuses to start.)
How much longer is Ipod hardware going to be non-functional, and valueless, before Apple fixes Itunes, which is the ONLY way to use an Ipod?
Please pay some attention to your customers, or, have I made a mistake by buying an Apple product?

Answer 1

By the hostility in your posts it seems
you've already made up your mind that its apple's
fault.
I am not hostile. When I get hostile, you will know it.
As far as peeved, yes. I own a $250 piece of hardware, hobbled by klunky, proprietary software. I swore when I was through with Sony and ATRAC I wouldn't go down that road again. I had heard such good stories about Ipod that I thought I would give it a try.
I'm sure the result sent back from MS wasn't
"Code is incorrectly implemented. Problem lies
with Apple."
Actually, you are correct. Now that I think back, it was more "iTunes won't work till Apple fixes it".
I found the post you made with the actual problem,
did you get any version of itunes to work? Did you
clean up the temp folders before launching the
installer?
Let me fill you in a little. I have a fairly new Dell Inspiron laptop, with a clean install of Windows XP SP2. There has been no previous problems with the OS, nor any installed software. the OS is always kept with the lastest updates, and any software installations are of the latest version.
iTunes was not previously installed. Quicktime was version 7.15. After the first failure, I meticulously cleaned the computer of all traces of Apple software, including references in Documents and Settings and installed folders. I went as far as to manually clean the Registry of all mention of iTunes, Quicktime, Apple, etc. All temp and junk files were cleaned by System Mechanic. A complete scan of the hard drive was made, looking for software and hardware faults. System Mechanic was used to scan and repair any problems in the Registry. The hard drive was defragged. TrendMicro Security Suite 2007 was used to completely scan the hard drive for virus and malware.
After doing all this, I went to the iTunes web page, and downloaded the latest. Guess what? Same error. I have tried this, also, using the solo Quicktime installer. I have been doing this, and variations of this, everyday, for the past two weeks, looking for something I might have missed.
Through all of this, the SAME ERROR repeats, everytime.
I hope I have presented a clear picture.
Dell E1705 Laptop   Windows XP Pro   Intel Core2 2Ghz, 2GB Ram, NVidea Go 7800 GTX 256mb