Launching iTunes causes monitor(s) to go crazy

I'm using Vista and iTunes 7.7. This started since I tried putting iTunes in compatibility mode. I'm having tons of permissions errors since the last update. This takes the cake though.
When I launch iTunes both monitors drop to what looks like 16 or 32 colors. It stays this way until I quit iTunes and everything returns to normal.
Has anyone experienced this? Tnx.

I am having the same problem. When Itunes 7.7 installed, I started getting problems with the mobiledevicehelper stopped working. That now seems to be gone, but EVERY time I start Itunes, it opens in normal high resulution, then the screen goes black, then Itunes comes on again running in the lowest possible resolution and amount of colours.
I found that if I press ctrl/alt/delete and open task manager, if I stop the sprtcmdr process, Itunes restarted in high or normal resolution.
Now that doesnt work anymore for some reason.

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Digital booklet from iTunes causing Preview to crash

I was conflicted about whether to put this question in the iTunes for Mac or the Mountain Lion community, but, as you can see, I've settled on Mountain Lion because I believe iTunes is not causing the problem.
I downloaded "Electric Ladyland" from iTunes the other day and received a digital booklet with the album. When I double-clicked the booklet in iTunes, Preview would open up (as it does with any of the other digital booklets I have stored in iTunes) and display the first or the second page of the PDF. After swiping either left or right to view the previous or the next page, though, Preview would completely shut down, necesitating a force quit every time.
Most concerning to me is the fact that every time I tried opening this PDF in Preview my whole Mac would slow down significantly and, according to iStat Menus and the Activity Monitor, my memory and CPU usage would spike. Prior to clicking the booklet, my Mac would normally be using less than 2 of its 4 GB of memory and the CPU would be almost completely idle, with no individual program using up more than 30% of its processing power at any point in time. While this particular PDF was open in Preview my memory usage would jump to the full 4 GB and Activity Monitor was reporting that Preview was using almost "200%" of my CPU.
Interestingly enough, I can open this PDF with Adobe Reader and am able to view every page just fine. None of my other digital booklets or other PDFs outside of iTunes cause Preview to crash like this, so I think it must be an issue between this specific file and Preview.
I tried deleting and re-downloading the file (I had to contact iTunes support so they could re-upload the booklet to my account) and that did nothing; the booklet still caused the same problems. The support staff member I was emailing back and forth with had no suggestions for me. She forwarded me to an AppleCare advisor who also had no idea what the problem might be. (He actually forwarded me back to iTunes support!)
Anyone else experienced this?

Please read this whole message before doing anything.
This procedure is a test, not a solution. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
Copy the PDF you're having problems with to the Public folder in your home folder.
Step 1
The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is localized to your user account.
Enable guest logins* and log in as Guest. For instructions, launch the System Preferences application, select Help from the menu bar, and enter “Set up guest users” (without the quotes) in the search box. Don't use the Safari-only “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac.”
While logged in as Guest, you won’t have access to any of your personal files or settings. Applications will behave as if you were running them for the first time. Don’t be alarmed by this; it’s normal. If you need any passwords or other personal data in order to complete the test, memorize, print, or write them down before you begin.
Test while logged in as Guest. You'll need to navigate in the Finder to the Users folder, then to the home folder of your regular login account, and then to the Public folder, where you'll find the file you copied. Try to open it in Preview. Same problem?
After testing, log out of the guest account and, in your own account, disable it if you wish. Any files you created in the guest account will be deleted automatically when you log out of it. You can also delete the copy of the PDF.
*Note: If you’ve activated “Find My Mac” or FileVault, then you can’t enable the Guest account. The “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac” is not the same. Create a new account in which to test, and delete it, including its home folder, after testing.
Step 2
The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party system modifications that load automatically at startup or login.
Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards. Boot in safe mode* and log in to the account with the problem. The instructions provided by Apple are as follows:
Shut down your computer, wait 30 seconds, and then hold down the shift key while pressing the power button.
When you see the gray Apple logo, release the shift key.
If you are prompted to log in, type your password, and then hold down the shift key again as you click Log in.
Safe mode is much slower to boot and run than normal, and some things won’t work at all, including wireless networking on certain Macs. The next normal boot may also be somewhat slow.
The login screen appears even if you usually log in automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.
*Note: If FileVault is enabled, or if a firmware password is set, or if the boot volume is a software RAID, you can’t boot in safe mode.
Test while in safe mode. Same problem?
After testing, reboot as usual (i.e., not in safe mode) and verify that you still have the problem. Post the results of steps 1 and 2.

Users automatically remount my shared playlist when I launch iTunes?

I share my music here at work and I think it's fun to see how many people are listening, because I share a different playlist every day. Lately however, I've been noticing that as soon as I launch iTunes, even if I check immediately, there are always 2 users logged on to my shared music right away. I'm pretty sure it's automated because I can quit and restart iTunes multiple times and there are always 2 users connected.
Does anyone know what might be causing this? My theory is that someone found a third-party app that automatically remounts my shared music on their iTunes whenever I launch my iTunes. Other than that, could it be some kind of monitoring that the IS department at my work is doing? This one has really got me baffled. Thanks for your help.

No, because when you launch iTunes, you can see available shared playlists, but it doesn't automatically connect to them. You have to click on a shared playlist to connect to it, (there are usually 8-16 of them to choose from here) and then there is a little eject symbol next to it once you have connected. There is no way to automatically connect to them when you launch iTunes. Anybody else?

Brand new iPhone- won't connect, won't launch iTunes, can't do anything (??

Hi everyone. I hope someone can help. I just bought my iPhone today at Apple. I walked by AT&T and had an account set up. So, all was well, until I tried to plug it in. Two things have happened.
First, I can't use the phone. When I plug it in, it does not launch iTunes. I've read in other posts to give it 2 minutes and see if it will. I've also read to launch iTunes myself. I've tried both, and nothing. When I launch iTunes it does not show. It doesn't show on my desktop either, but not sure if it should, since it's new to me.
Specifically, the only thing that happens is, I hear a chirp or a tone and the screen lights up when I connect the USB cable. But all it reads is "Slide for emergency" which I did...I guess that's for an emergency call. An icon appears in the middle showing the usb cable and an arrow pointing to an iTunes icon. I've plugged it in, so not sure whey this is still showing. Also, at the very top it reads "no service" which I guess is due to it not being set up yet. And, there's a little "lock" symbol at the top. That's all I get. I've tried rebooting. Nothing. I've tried repairing permissions, then rebooting. Nothing. I cannot get this thing to connect.
Second, and please hear me out on this one. I've used macs for a while and am generally knowledgeable about them. Also, i've been on this iMac for about 5 months, hooked to the same internet connection. However, for whatever reason, after trying to plug the iPhone in, my internet and web applications have gone to complete crap on me. The WILL NOT connect at high speed...it's unbelievably slow. Insufferable even. Now, i've used this every day and have a really good idea of how it reacts. This is 100% out of the ordinary. As I sit here typing this, this page is STILL trying to complete loading. Something is clearly wrong here. Some pages won't load altogether. I've tried resetting my modem (disconnecting, unplugging). Performance was exactly the same. And, as mentioned, i repaired permissions. So, it's a little more than coincidental to me this happened immediately after running into troubles with my iphone connection. It's like the iphone somehow messed my computer up.
Sorry for the long post. I hope you can understand that I'm very frustrated. It appears that, not only can I not get my phone to work, but it seems i've messed my computer up in the process somehow. Any suggestions? Please. Thanks for your help.

Hi all-
For anyone reading this, I've solved both problems, and figured i'd post in case it could help anyone else.
First, the iPhone issue. I figured it out by reading another post here. Basically, in the start up items of your "accounts" in system preferences, there's an item called iTunesHelper. I had that unchecked. I can't remember why...I guess b/c I believed I wasn't using it. Anyway, I had read that that could be a problem, so I checked it, rebooted, and low and behold....the iPhone connected and launched iTunes. I'm now up and running. Phew.
As for the internet sluggishness, I don't know what was causing it. But, I just booted from the Leopard dvd, ran Disk Utility and repaired permissions as well as verify disk. Everything checked out. Rebooted on Macintosh HD, and everything was fine. It's as if it never happened. Very weird. But it's fixed.
Hope that maybe helps someone in someway...if your iPhone's not launching iTunes, try checking the iTunesHelper app in your startup items. Worked for me.

Unable to launch iTunes recently after my windows vista update

When I launch iTunes, the error prompted. "iTunes has stopped working" - A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available - "Close program" button. Then the following error prompted;
What is the Data Execution Prevention (DEP)?
Data Execution Prevention..................................................................... ................................................................................ ..............................................................
Is anyone know how to fix it??

What is the Data Execution Prevention (DEP)?
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ITunes Causing Screen To Flash

I have a problem that seems to be unique. Ever since installing the new iTunes, 7.3, whenever I launch iTunes, the screen begins to flash. It flashes off and on, and sometimes it just fades a bit and then comes back. It is almost as if the screen is refreshing over and over again. This is continuous as long as iTunes is open. It is also fully functional, just hard to track to the right buttons with it flashing. I am having absolutely no other screen problems other than this one. As soon as I close iTunes, everything is fine. I have tried uninstalling and re-installing, and that did not help. Has anyone heard of this problem? Thanks for any help.

Sorry it took so long to reply. While attemptng to create a new profile, my hard drive crashed. It was DOA, so I have installed a new one, and iTunes seems to be fine now. Maybe it was the hard drive going bad that caused the problem all along. It will be impossible to know now. Anyway, thanks for the reply, and help. If I have any more problems, I'll know where to come!
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ITunes causing Windows to restart

I seem to have an issue at the moment with iTunes causing sudden system restarts quite regularly - usually when I am browsing the store. It seems to date back to when they added all the coverflow to each of the categories. It's not related to any recent Itunes update and only iTunes does it; no other program.
Anyone else getting this?

Quote from: GD_Fritz on 07-July-12, 11:15:22
Also could it be my Vbios is somehow corrupted or causing this as it always seems to happen when windows is booting up before I have access to my machine right when it would be accessing the vBios?
Nope
Quote from: GD_Fritz on 07-July-12, 12:02:42
Ok so if anyone ends up having this rediculously confusing problem like I did allow me to say, simply unplug your other monitors from your computer and then run the Nvidia driver software, works every time now. Only 1 monitor can be plugged in at one time while running the driver updates.
THX
glad that you figure

Can't launch iTunes!! please help!!

Hi, I can't launch iTunes, I keep getting this error:
"The iTunes Music Library.itl file is locked, on a locked disk, or you do not have write permission for this file."
It's driving me crazy I don't know what to do, someone please help!!

You have to use Tweak UI to restore the music folder in windows, a step by step can be found here http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302398

Merry Christmas!... iTunes causes error when executed

Hi!
I have recieved a nice new iPod nano for crimbo. I already had a previous version of iTunes on my desktop as a friend was using it for their mini some time ago. I installed all the software which came with the new nano and for some reason when i plug the nano in it comes up with an error message saying iTunes caused an error and won't load. I have uninstalled via control panel/ reinstalled using the latest version of iTunes from apple and its the same error:
"iTunes has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." It then copies a list of technical stuff to appcompat.txt which goes for about 2 pages.
I have installed iTunes on my laptop (which didn't have a previuous version of iTunes on it) and it is working fine. It's just a pain only having it working on that machine.
Has anyone else had problems? I am guessing it might have something to do with the registry or something that cannot be removed via control panel.
Happy Christmas to all and I hope Santa was good to you!
P.S. I have no NIS firewall running. Only a router from which the laptop is running also.

"iTunes has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience."
the first thing i check for with one of those is a broken quicktime. does your quicktime currently launch, or does it give you an error message?
if it gives you an error message, first try this technique (switch off any antivirus or antispyware prior to uninstalls or repair installs):
iTunes 6 for Windows unexpectedly quits when opened
keep us posted.
love, b

Launching iTunes at Startup using Library on External Hard Drive

I have iTunes set to launch at startup. I just moved my iTunes library to an external hard drive, but now when the computer boots it launches iTunes before the external hard drive can mount. This causes an error message requiring human input.
Is there anyway to reorder this sequence so that iTunes boots after external drives mount?

i had the same problem before i got my new computer i didn't have the room to keep the files on my hard drive so i just moved the music over not the library file its named iTunes library and that is the thing that stores all the library info
also be sure to turn off the move files to iTunes library in settings under "preferences, advanced, general" its a tick box and untick it. when you boot up itunes shouldnt need your imput you just cant play songs untill your external drive mounts.

Phone keeps launching itunes through remote sync

Not sure how to disable wireless sync but need to sort out some kind of resolution. Recently its launching itunes every 30secs or so and the only way to stop it is to turn wifi off on my iphone. I thought it only wifi syncs when connected to a charger but its now doing this wirelessly which can be very annoying.
Strangley though, my ipad 2, set up in the same way, even when plugged into the wall and on charge over night, does not do this, infact it would be fine if it woreless synced overnight when on charge as my laptop is not in use and I could do with purchases beeing added for the next day, but right now the phone is really causing me a problem.

Unfortunately, that did not work. Sometimes I leave the iPhone hooked up to the MBP just to keep it charged and to sync as needed when I am working my calendar, address book, pod subscriptions, etc. So this is not an issue of when I connect, but as I am working, suddenly for no apparent reason (like right now) I hear the phone bleep and up pops iTunes. Almost seems like a short of some kind except that, as I said, I have used two different USB cables and the same thing happens. It does NOT happen, however, with my iPod... just the iPhone.

Keep getting an error code 13010 when trying to launch iTunes

Unable to launch iTunes.

IMO Adobe left a Program out of the typically list namely Photoshop
Troubleshoot Update Errors
Many update errors are caused by missing or modified files required by Photoshop, typically by a disk cleanup utility (Ex: CleanMyMac, MacKeeper, etc). Make sure you have the latest updates for your clean-up utilities or discontinue use.
Explanations of error codes:
U = Updater.
44 = Install Update Error
M1 = Automatic
M2 = Standalone mode
P = Patcher
6 = Done With Errors
7 = Installation Failed
ISSUE: Installation failed. Error Code: U44M1P7, U44M2P7, U44M1P6
SOLUTION: Run the installer. Reinstall Photoshop CS6 to repair/replace the missing/modified file. Select Help>Updates… to run the updater again. http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/error-u44m1p7-installing-updates-ccm.html
ISSUE: The adobe update 13.0.1.2 errors with code U44M1I210.
SOLUTION: Restart your system, download and install the updates manually. See “Solution 3″ here. http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/error-u44m1i210-installing-updates-ccm.html
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I just changed my residence to the US and now I cant register my new US credit card on itunes cause the state list doesnt match to the US states, what should I do?

I just changed my residence to the US and now I cant register my new US credit card on itunes cause the state list doesnt match to the US states, what should I do?

Your credit card info, billing address must be the same country as the iTunes store country you registering.
For example, you can’t have a credit card from a U.S. bank with a U.S. billing address registered in the iTunes store for China.
I tried to change my payment information too, but it happened the same, I can change the information but when I get to the state part, it only shows the other country states
Remove all payment info and save it.
Then change the iTunes store country to U.S., add a U.S. credit card with a U.S. billing address.
As previously suggested, if this does not work, contact iTunes store support.
-> http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact/

Itunes update would not install due to an error, now itunes won't run and I get this message when I try to launch itunes: "This application has failed to start because MSVCR80.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem"

itunes update would not install due to an error, now itunes won't run and I get this error message when I try to launch itunes: iTunes.exe - Unable to Locate Component "This application has failed to start because MSVCR80.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem."
I'm on a Dell PC running Vista Home Premium.
HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

try removing all itunes and all other apple program
follow this link for more info. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1923
reboot ur window after uninstalling
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How do you get the apple remote to STOP always launching iTunes????

After upgrading to Snow Leopard, I have discovered a few annoyances. The biggest one is that the Apple remote is always launching iTunes when I use it. Even when the Finder is not the target app.
I have my entire Star Trek collection on a firewire drive, and I like using VLC to watch them because of the playlist feature. Every time I use the Apple remote to try to skip to the next episode, it launches iTunes and begins playing music. This NEVER happened before in Leopard or Tiger.
I have gone through the iTunes preferences and also looked for some obscure system preference to deal with this issue, but so far, no luck.
Again, the]is NEVER happened under previous operating systems, so I'm going to assume it's a glitch in Snow Leopard.
Does anyone know what's happening here??
Help me obi-wan.

HI,
Open System Preferences/Security and turn Disable remote control infrared receiver.
You may have to click the gold padlock icon to do this. You will be prompted for your
Admin password.
Also, when you come across a "bug", report it to Apple.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html
And it seems you are not alone...
http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=64304
You can try to re "Pair' the remote also.
To pair an Apple Remote with your computer:
Hold the remote close to the computer (3 to 4 inches away) and point the remote at the front of the computer.
Press and hold both the Menu and Next buttons on the remote until the paired-remote icon appears on your screen (about 5 seconds).
To unpair an Apple Remote:
Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Security, and then click General.
Open the General pane of Security preferences
Click Unpair.
Carolyn
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Launching iTunes causes monitor(s) to go crazy

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