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When the recent version of iTunes came out, I needed to upgrade the copy on my Vista Home Premium x64 ( Boot Camp ) installation. Well, from previous use, it seemed like I accidentally installed the x32 version initially. Though, I don't think so. Since I don't have any music stored on Vista ( I use it for streaming music from another Mac ), I decided to uninstall it all ( Bonjour, Apple Software Update, and iTunes ) before installing the latest. After the restart required from uninstalling, I went to Apple's site and downloaded the x64 version and went ahead with the install. Went fine...Performed well. Perfect. I use Windows at work and Mac OS X otherwise so I didn't restart Windows after the installation of iTunes until the next day. BSoD. Interesting. Since I had a problem with AIM some time back under Vista, I figured out how to get my Vista to boot. I suspected AIM at first, so I updated that ( again ) but still nothing. OK...Well...I thought about iTunes ( most recently installed software ). Well...It would appear more and more now that there is a bug in the x64 version that Apple had created. The x64 is no longer available for download from Apple. When I downloaded 8.0.2, the URL still said 8.0.1 as it does in the attached screenshot. Anyone else having a BSoD on startup from iTunes x64? If so, disable the Base Filtering Engine service using MSCONFIG in Safe Mode. It seems, that service is extremely picky about things and many things will cause it to reek havoc.
P.S. My iTunes seems to operate just fine but, just like with my prior AIM issue that I finally seemed to resolved, without the Base Filtering Engine service.
When the recent version of iTunes came out, I needed to upgrade the copy on my Vista Home Premium x64 ( Boot Camp ) installation. Well, from previous use, it seemed like I accidentally installed the x32 version initially. Though, I don't think so. Since I don't have any music stored on Vista ( I use it for streaming music from another Mac ), I decided to uninstall it all ( Bonjour, Apple Software Update, and iTunes ) before installing the latest. After the restart required from uninstalling, I went to Apple's site and downloaded the x64 version and went ahead with the install. Went fine...Performed well. Perfect. I use Windows at work and Mac OS X otherwise so I didn't restart Windows after the installation of iTunes until the next day. BSoD. Interesting. Since I had a problem with AIM some time back under Vista, I figured out how to get my Vista to boot. I suspected AIM at first, so I updated that ( again ) but still nothing. OK...Well...I thought about iTunes ( most recently installed software ). Well...It would appear more and more now that there is a bug in the x64 version that Apple had created. The x64 is no longer available for download from Apple. When I downloaded 8.0.2, the URL still said 8.0.1 as it does in the attached screenshot. Anyone else having a BSoD on startup from iTunes x64? If so, disable the Base Filtering Engine service using MSCONFIG in Safe Mode. It seems, that service is extremely picky about things and many things will cause it to reek havoc.
P.S. My iTunes seems to operate just fine but, just like with my prior AIM issue that I finally seemed to resolved, without the Base Filtering Engine service.
