Itunes match crashes itunes in windows 8

Question

Hi. Just signed up for iTunes Match and went to sync all of my items with it. Every attempt to sync my music with iTunes to the cloud results in an inevitable crash of iTunes. i have restarted the computer, restarted iTunes, reinstalled iTunes, but not luck completing the task. i make ti almost uploading all of my info and about to handle the artwork, etc. and iTunes crashes and shuts down.
I do not know how to fix this and would like to try to do so. If i cannot get the service to work, i would at least like the cost of the service refunded.

Answer 1

I have been fighting this for awhile.  At first I thought I was having a networking problem but what I have found is that iTunes cannot write to a Windows 8 or Server 2012 share.  It is also very flaky when installed directly on the machine. Here is what I have learned.
iTunes in a windows 7 virtual machine = Cannot write to server 2012 share
iTunes in a windows 8 virtual machine = Cannot write to server 2012 share and becomes unstable with a local library.
iTunes in server 2012 = instant crash
I understand Apple does not support iTunes 10.7 on windows 8, but this seems strange.  I would have assumed that installing iTunes on a windows 7 machine and targeting a library on a server 2012 share would work, but it crashes waiting for a network response anytime it tries to write to the library or download anything.
People seem to think iTunes 11 will work.  I guess we will find out.
BTW - When iTunes crashes it makes the machine and then server virtually unusable.  The only way to recover is to remove the network connection to the machine with iTunes.  This will bring both machines back and let you reboot normally.
Message was edited by: CWagz