what windows services does itunes require?

[Al4x]

because mine isnt working, i cant get it to load up, it is installed but wont boot

its allowed in program control,

everything else works fine

vista os

does anyone know?
[i know it needs bonjour service, and ipod service, but any others?]

 

[TheMarchingMule]

The only thing I know that can save your hide is that you're using the x64 version of Vista, and you're attempting to use the x86 version of iTunes with it.

 

[Arainach]

iTunes will run just fine if you leave the services alone at their stock configuration. Background services consume no resources; stop trying to treat Vista like it's XP and needs to be torn apart and your stuff will start working again.

 

[yuckymucky]

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Originally Posted by Al4x /img/forum/go_quote.gif [i know it needs bonjour service, and ipod service, but any others?]

It only needs Bonjour if you want to share on the network...I have Bonjour service disabled on my machine and iTunes works perfect.

 

[TheMarchingMule]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arainach /img/forum/go_quote.gif iTunes will run just fine if you leave the services alone at their stock configuration. Background services consume no resources; stop trying to treat Vista like it's XP and needs to be torn apart and your stuff will start working again.

To add on to this post, I agree. You're probably messing up your computer more trying to open all these holes for iTunes, when iTunes should work right from the get-go. I've installed iTunes on multiple computers running radically different hardware and x86 and x64 versions, and it was installed like any other normal program, and it was immeditaely good to go.

 

[Al4x]

oh, i can get rid of bonjour?
thats uses up some ram

well my vista does like to hog a lot o ram, its ok if im not doing anything, if i turn the laptop on it is already using 1.3 or so GB shows that vista need 2!

well i fixed it, i shut it down via task manager and rebooted and it worked, it had loded multiple times

 

[Arainach]

Vista will expand to use all of the RAM you give it for cache. If a program needs that memory, it will be instantly freed. Unused RAM is wasted performance potential. Vista only needs 1GB of RAM (I've used a Vista system for daily use for a year on an Athlon XP 2800+/1GB of RAM and even gamed on it). 2GB will certainly help performance, but it runs just fine on 1.

 

[Al4x]

i would not want 1gb for vista, im guessing you can manage it, is that without aero? surely not games?

i know my sidebar takes up a whole load of performance, but most of the time its not causing a problem, if i ever play a game i disable the sidebar, aero goes on its own,

i also need to free up some space, i got 9% left across both my laptops hard drives,

 

[Arainach]

That's with Aero. And that's playing games such as Counter-Strike Source and The Sims 2. You confuse used RAM with performance. Just because Vista is utilizing your RAM doesn't mean that it's hogging resources. Again: VISTA IS NOT XP.