Thanks for that. If this is the same with all Apple programs, should they be
avoided?

'It's generally a good idea to download the latest version of any software
from the net if you've got access, versions on CDs can be very old in some
cases'

It never occurred to me (again) that it would be a good idea to do that, I
will from now on,
Regards,
Alan.
"Paul Smith" <Paul@nospam.windowsresource.net> wrote in message
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> It's not the first I've heard of this, or the other problems they've had
> like incompatible iTunes and firmware on the iPod itself too.
>
> But considering the amount of applications it loads up in the background,
> if you want or need them or not, it's not surprising it runs into problems
> on some systems.
>
> Apple have always had this problem, even with small applications like
> Quicktime which constantly wants to start qttask for no reason every time
> Windows boots.
>
> It's generally a good idea to download the latest version of any software
> from the net if you've got access, versions on CDs can be very old in some
> cases.
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> http://www.windowsresource.net/
>
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>
> "Alan" <alan111@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:OapDVvYEGHA.1736@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>> My friends machine took a turn for the worse after loading the program on
>> CD that comes with an Apple iPod. It became extremely slow and kept
>> shutting down, when restarted a Windows message appeared saying it had
>> recovered from a fatal error.
>> Both of us thought it was malware of some kind, but by chance when
>> speaking to PC World Helpline in the UK he mentioned that he had recently
>> loaded the iPod discs and was told that there was a known problem with
>> this software, apparently especially with Packard Bell machines (I fail
>> to see why that should be, but that's what he was told).
>> They gave him a fix over the phone which he followed and the problem
>> seems to have gone. What the fix was I don't know as he did it on
>> instruction and cant remember for sure what it was. He was advised not to
>> use the discs but to download the necessary from Apples web site.
>> Anyone know anything about this?
>> I know a bit, but not much more than my friend about this stuff, that's
>> why I got involved. He told me that he'd used the iPod discs, but from a
>> company like Apple it never occurred to me to question their software.
>> Regards,
>> Alan.
>>
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