Ipod Nano and Vista

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I'm unable to get drivers to connect my Ipod NANO to Vista Ultimate...
Are these compatible with each other?
Do I need to download drivers? If so, does anyone know where?
Thanks in advance.
G

 

[Chad Harris]

Hi G--

The main point is for you to tell us precisely what's happening when you try
to install the newest Itunes onto Vista.

You shouldn't need drivers to use your Nano with Vista any edition. Exactly
what is happening when you try to install Itunes? What error are you
getting. Once you do you should ck out this MSKB:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933824/

Some use this but I have never needed to through the Beta and now with RTM:
http://www.findleydesigns.com/ipodaccess/indexWin.html

Some use ephpod.

One tip though that could help, is that when you dock the IPod to the box,
switch the Ipod to Manual and Disk mode, and then switch the drive letter of
the Ipod or Nano to one away from C-I. This helps some people with Vista
or XP when they can't get the Ipod recognized at Computer or My Computer or
Disk Management.

The reason for this is Drives C-I are reserved to recognized devices, and
sometimes an external drive with its own power supply--an Ipod or even the
Nano which is a battery powered flash drive that will be seen as a USB
device .

I think if you're avoiding Vista to use an Ipod, there is no reason
whatsoever or avoiding an Ipod to use Vista whichever. They work great for
me together. Vista has it's problems, but ipod isn't one of them I
consider.

Good luck,

CH

 

[Malke]

I'm unable to get drivers to connect my Ipod NANO to Vista Ultimate...
Are these compatible with each other?
Do I need to download drivers? If so, does anyone know where?
Thanks in advance.
G

You don't need drivers. You need the very latest iTunes. Get it and
install it. Then open iTunes and connect your Nano.

Malke

 

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The iTunes MUST be the newest version. I've installed Vista Ult. a month
ago, and it was a fresh install. I've installed iTunes during that time when
I downloaded from Apple.
iTunes installation went without errors.
After that it asked to restart. I did so.
After restarting I started iTunes, as when I had XP Pro, I connected Nano to
the chord and it said it's looking for drivers for my hardware(hardware
found). Later it gave me an option to look for drivers online. I chose that.
Then it asked if I had the cd for the hardware. When I clicked NO, it said
Your hardware was not installed correctly.

Where did I mess up?
G

 

[Malke]

Here is the error msg
G

Don't know the answer then. I connected a Nano to a Vista for a client
exactly as I described with no problem.

iPod/Quicktime - http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93976
Apple Support - http://www.apple.com/support/
Apple Ipod (and itunes) discussion groups -
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=150 Suggest you
check with Apple.


Malke

 

[Marjay]

I believe I already responded to your problem elsewhere but here it is
again. I'm sure you are running Vista 64 bit and there is a driver INF
file missing from Vista 64 that is present in Vista 32 bit.

Call Apple tech support and ask for "escalation" to someone who
uinderstands device drivers. Try 1-800-275-2273 and ask them for the
name of the .inf file and can they supply them. I don't remember the
file names.