Upgraded to iTunes 9 Always wants to restore
I have a 3G iPod, Windows XP. The system rrepeatedly wants me to restorew the iPod. I have to re-boot the system with the iPod attachewd to get it to sync. Version 9 has too many problems for me. How can I get iTunes 8?
Also, I must sync everything. I can't just load some music. If I do, it slips into the restore, restore, restore...mode. iTunes 9 seems to have a whole lot of problems.
Why was everything ok when I had the older version of iTunes and now since the upgrade to 9, would I have to sign up on some other thing, (openDNS)?
Sorry, forgot to answer that in my previous reply.
The difference with the iTunes 9.0.x versions, is that their Store interface is now WebKit-based (using the same sort of technology as the Safari web browser or the Google Chrome web browser). Every bit of album artwork you see in the Store with a 9.0.x (or in your case, not seeing in the Store) is a placeholder for a weblink, and if something interferes with your access to certain parts of the web (for example, the internet filters in an OpenDNS account), you can get that weird "no pictures" effect in the Store.
So, some things that used to interfere with store connections on previous versions of iTunes don't now with the 9.0.x versions ... and some things that didn't now do. Unfortunately, you seem to be getting caught with something that "now does."
One additional thing we could check on: In your iTunes, go "Help > Run diagnostics", uncheck all boxes except for "Network connectivity tests" and click "Next" and "Next" again.
Do any red lights show up for you in the diagnostics? If so, click on the "Help" next to the red light entry and try working through the documentation that comes up.
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