How to Install iTunes on Windows XP SP2
Yes, the ravages of XP’s infamous Service Pack 2 are still being felt. Attempts to install iTunes on a Windows XP machine running SP2 may result in error messages and an inability to complete the install. But the fix is easier than you’d think. ;-D
First of all, the error message may look something like this: “OpenSCManagerA Error - Error Connecting To Service, Error Number=0″. Your mileage may vary slightly.
But the software actually is fully installed. My guess is that SP2 messes with security permissions that prevent the installer from starting or restarting some services. Once the intended processes cannot complete, the installer spits out that nasty message, and upon your clicking “Okay”, completely removes the installation.
I don’t know how thoroughly this solution works, but if you copy the installation directory that is created in the Program Files directory (for instance, “c:Program FilesiTunes”) after the error message appears but before clicking “Okay”, it appears that you acquire all the files from the installation. Click “Okay” and the installer uninstalls the files. Then just place your copy of the iTunes directory back into the Program Files directory, and you have a working version of iTunes. You can then make shortcuts in the Start Menu or wherever else you want them.
Too complicated for your taste? Send your curses to Microsoft for breaking existing software and go buy a Mac. For everyone else, I hope this proves helpful.
January 17th, 2007 at 6:07 pm
I have downloaded Itunes 7, but I don’t know how to install. Can you tell me.
January 18th, 2007 at 9:06 am
Matt, you no longer have to follow these instructions to install iTunes on Windows. The newest version of iTunes installs just fine. Just run the installer you’ve downloaded and you should be in business.
February 6th, 2007 at 9:16 pm
i try to install itunes 7 but it always says it cant stop the services what do i do?
February 20th, 2007 at 2:47 pm
Grayson, it’s difficult to say what’s wrong at this point. My post is 1.5 years old now and things have changed quite a bit in the Windows AND iTunes worlds. Contact Apple for help.
April 18th, 2007 at 2:45 pm
I’m tyring to down load I Tunes onto my Widows XP and the message i keep getting is c:\ipod\itunes\setup.exe is not a valid win32 application.
Can any one help me - i’m not very computer literate.
June 20th, 2007 at 2:46 pm
i can not download itunes 7 nor the older versions they all it to a point and then it just stop loading, it even get p to 99% and stops what is wrong. someone plz. halp me
October 3rd, 2007 at 2:59 am
I have a new one for you. I an install iTunes version 6 but when trying to upgrade to the newest 7.4 I get this error message. “This installation cannot directly upgrade the version of iPod software found on this computer. Please uninstall the ipod software and try again” I did uninstall the software but still the same error. I even turned off my firewall and virus software but still the same.
HELP! I have a $250.00 paper weight.
Ken
April 21st, 2008 at 8:35 am
For the first time ever since I’ve started blogging, I’ve been forced to remove a blog post comment, as I have a right to do at my discretion, due to its vulgar and offensive nature.
Comments of disagreement are welcome; comments that are hateful and vulgar are not.
May 4th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
Honesty eh!
Thanks for removing my post, now you want the “comments of disagreement”? ok here goes…
iTUNE’s is complete BLEEP and so its the iPLOD, so just buy a cheap and cheerful mp3 player (one that uses solid state memory) with direct USB2.0 support and you can drag and drop your mp3 files fast into without any trouble and no other software, just right in to the pc as a removable device.
I’ve tried this evil software on about 4 systems with varying results from fail to fail every time.
It installs so much useless bloated BLEEP (57 meg download, BLEEP like quicktime) and requires so much useless BLEEP (like .net 1 when you already have .net 2 and 3 installed) and other complete nonsense like vbscript that I actually laughed my BLEEP off and phoned some techy friends up, not for advice, but simply to tell them of my experience.
Apple should be BLEEP for this software, and as far as the user interface for the device its self, fancy graphics? BLEEP THAT!
I have a lil 256mb mp3 player that I bought for £5(!!!) it has 3 buttons (pause-play-off/nexttrack-volup/prevtrack-voldown/, no screen and just WORKS, no fancy BLEEP required.
TAKE YOUR IPOD, SELL IT ON EBAY, EMAIL SJOBS AND TELLING HIM TO GET A BLEEP JOB
THANKS FOR READING THIS AND BLEEP APPLE!
CENSORSHIP ROCKS!