How compatible is iTunes on Windows Vista?

Apple Inc. released a new version of iTunes that works with Windows Vista on many typical PCs.

The new version of iTunes takes care of a lot of compatibility issues with Vista.  If you have installed Vista on your computer, ensure that you download the latest version of iTunes. 

 

 

The new iTunes 7.1 took care of some of the known issues with Vista. Apple is still working with Microsoft to take care of rest of the problems which include:

 
  • Ejecting your iPod using "Safely Remove Hardware" option or from Windows Explorer might corrupt your iPod.  Microsoft is still working this which should take care of this issue.  It is recommended that if you have Vista, you need to update when it gets released, click here to get more details on this.


     
  • For safely ejecting your iPod, only use Eject iPod option from the Controls menu in iTunes for now.
    • In general, the safest way to disconnect any iPod from any machine is to use the eject button in iTunes. Use it.
       
  • If you have display related problems on iTunes then try resizing the iTunes window.  That should take care of this problem
  • Synchronization of Contact Groups from Windows Contacts will not work on your iPod as of now.
  • 64 bit editions of Windows Vista and XP is still not supported by iTunes.

To make sure that you don't have any trouble syncing your iPod or playing iTunes store purchased music when upgraded to Vista from Windows 2000 or XP, follow the steps below:

 
  1. First step is to deauthorize all iTunes Store accounts. Click here to see how.
  2. Its highly recommended to do a clean install of Windows Vista rather than upgrading it from other OS.
  3. Download and Upgrade to iTunes 7.1 if you haven't yet done that.
  4. After installing iTunes, open it and from the menu bar, click Store ->  Authorize Computer.