OK, I found, installed, and ran Revo Uninstaller. Very nice! Might even buy the pro version. I'm sorry to report, however, that it did no good whatsoever. It did no bad, either--i.e., it didn't break anything--but when I picked the machine cleaner than a Sunday-dinner chicken and installed iTunes once again, the very same things happened. I plugged the iPhone into the USB port, and yes, I tried various USB ports, I have six--four on the back, two on the front of the box--got the dong-ding bells, got the message "Found new hardware, Apple Mobile Device USB", or maybe it was "Apple Mobile USB Device," either way, got that, followed by a little pop a few seconds later. The device shows up in Control Panel / System / Hardware / Device Manager / USB Controllers when iTunes is open and the device is connected, but not otherwise. I still cannot find it in the tree view, and iTunes didn't automatically launch its first-time startup wizard either. There's somethin' seriously wrong here, I just wish I knew how to figure it out, and ultimately, what it is.
On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:18:19 -0400, you wrote: >Thanks, Dan, I'm on the hunt for it now. Will report back forthwith. > >On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:45:15 -0400, you wrote: > >>If you can find a program called Revo Uninstaller, it should work. I had a >>similar problem with iTunes except that I couldn't even install a new >>version >> >>Revo Uninstaller has an advanced mode and it's very accessible. You may >>even have to run it more than once, but it did the trick for my iTunes >>reinstall. >> >>HTH >> >>Dan >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >>On Behalf Of Steve Matzura >>Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 9:04 PM >>To: pc-audio; player >>Subject: iTunes Frustration >> >>I've a particular machine on which I wish to install iTunes, current >>version, I think it's 10.4.10. No matter what I do, no matter how many >>times I completely remove, de-install, expunge iTunes, Quicktime, >>Apple software update, Bonjour, Apple mobile device support and Apple >>application support from my machine, cleaning out stuff in the >>"Documents and settings" folder having anything whatsoever to do with >>Apple or iTunes, ensuring the Program Files folder and Common Files >>folder is clear of anything to do with Appleware, then re-installing >>iTunes and rebooting just to make sure everything gets installed, I >>plug in my iPhone, get the doo-ding USB device connected noise, and >>sometimes I get the "new hardware found" message with the words "Apple >>mobile device" and sometimes with the word "iPhone" after. Upon >>opening iTunes, the iPhone does not appear. In fact, nothing in >>Devices appears. I look in Control Panel / System / Hardware / Device >>Manager / USB Devices and do not find anything installed there that >>even remotely looks like a USB driver of any kind. There's a system >>environment variable called devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices which, when >>set to 1, will show you anything untoward in Device Manager. I have >>this set thus, and I never see anything in USB devices. I can plug >>other USB devices, such as disks, audio or MIDI interfaces, etc., SD >>cards in readers, even the JAWS dongle, into any of the USB ports on >>the machine, and they all work like they're supposed to. The only >>thing I'm having trouble with is this darn iTunes device driver. I'd >>would so much prefer to manage my iPhone on my PC than my wife's Mac, >>but I suppose if I have to, I'll go that route, but I can't imagine >>there's not some way to fix this problem. Any suggestions not >>previously covered in the above are most welcome, with my undying >>thanks in advance. >> >>To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>[email protected] >> >> >>To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>[email protected] > >To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >[email protected] To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [email protected]
