Comments on: Installing iTunes 9 on Windows Server 2003

By: Philippa

Philippa — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:17:57 +0000

I have followed all the instructions for installing itunes v9 on windows 2003 but still get this message right at the end of the installer ”Service ‘Ipod service’ (ipod service) failed to start. Verify u have sufficient privilages to start system services!!’
I have regone through the ipod file with v8 & v9 instructions but am still having this problem!
Please help!!
Thanks

By: Eeko

Eeko — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:26:19 +0000

Probably too late for you to see this but I’m just wondering tenwiseman, did you actually test that method about changing the log on for the service? Only I tried doing the same thing, and changed the log on to my main admin account, but the service still kept crashing.

I think this method you mentioned seems like it would work at first glance, but doesn’t. The original assumption that iPodService.exe simply doesn’t work on Server 2003 is the correct assumption, because upon restarting the server I get various “iPodService.exe encountered a problem and had to be closed” notifications, and I’ve only ever got those when an exe actually caused an exception and crashed, and exe’s just don’t do that if the only problem they’re having is relating to permissions. I could be utterly wrong of course but I just thought I’d mention this in case anyone followed that advice and found it didn’t work – like me.

By: Maruda

Maruda — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:03:04 +0000

yes this method is working an i can connect my iphone to my server. the problem ist that almost every day itunes seams to detect the “manipulation” and replaces the files. any solution to this?

By: Intimidator

Intimidator — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:34:29 +0000

This install does not work on a new install of ITunes 9. However, I downloaded ITunes 8 and installed fine. I copied the v8 files to a temp folder. Then I checked for updates which downloaded the necessary files and the install failed. Then I installed the .msi files one at a time and saved the itunes.msi for last. When it failed due to the ipodservice error, I swapped back to the v8 files, selected “Retry” from the error message window and it worked fine.

Declare “Victory”

By: danjal

danjal — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:16:37 +0000

Download Quicktime;
- Download iTunes64setup.exe, was not very easy, I used a file mirror website to find the link on Apple’s site;
- Download ORCA;

Done with downloads. Look -> nothing on my pockets nor my hands, now let’s do the magic:

- Install ORCA;
- Using Winrar (last version) or 7-Zip open and extract the files inside iTunes64setup.exe to a folder (ALL files, not only iTunes like I did at first try);
- Edit iTunes.msi with ORCA. I had a problem changing the launch condition, it wasn’t enough (I got an error when trying to install, error code 2229). To solve the problem I dropped the LauchnConditions table and in InstallExecuteSequence and InstallUISequence tables deleted the LaunchConditions action. After that save the MSI file and close ORCA;

Now to the easy part:

- Install AppleMobileDeviceSupport.msi;
- Install Quicktime you have downloaded;
- Install iTunes.
- Enjoy your nice product without buying a new Windows license

By: unspecified

unspecified — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:41:26 +0000

I upgraded from itunes 9.0.1.8 to 9.0.2.25 (I use Windows Server 2003 R2) and after the upgrage I now get the “itunesHelper was not installed correctly. Please reinstall itunes Error 7″ error message that Optin got. I’ve got gigs of space left so I don’t think the error relates to available disk space. Still, my iphone seems to sync ok anyway except it hangs if I try to sync photos. I had the hangs on photo sync issue in the prior itunes version too. Although the Error 7 seems to relate to installing itunes 9.0.2.25 with Windows Server 2003 R2 I’m not so sure that the photo sync problem has anything to do with running on Server 2003..

By: admin

admin — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:30:04 +0000

Hi, It’s hard to know what is going wrong. I would start from scratch if I was you. Uninstall iTunes from your system and then restart your machine. Then download a fresh copy of iTunes from the website. Once the download is complete, extract the download using something like WinRAR to get each component .msi file. Then use Orca to modify the Operating System requirement and follow the other posters to modify the ServiceControl options too. Then run the main iTunes.msi intall. Run through the install and hopefully all will be okay!?

By: Günther

Günther — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:46:06 +0000

Hi,

I have followed the instructions from the previous post and modified the iTuneSetup
.msi files accordingly. When I’m trying to run iTune.msi, I get an error code 2229.
Any idea, what I’ve been missing? Prerequisites?

HW: HP nx8220 notebook
OS: MS Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition, SP 2

Günther

By: matt

matt — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:02:11 +0000

It sounds as though your hard drive space has reached a critical low level accroding to when you use Orca. Verify this, uninstall iTunes, modify the msi’s with Orca, and reinstall iTunes.

If you are doing this with remote desktop on an iPhone – then good luck – getting a bigger screen and more contorl over the keyboard and mouse would be better in this instance.

By: Optin

Optin — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:19:25 +0000

Hi, Any reason the iTunesHelper fails with error code/Window “itunesHelper was not installed correctly. Please reinstall itunes Error 7″.
When I use Orca and look inside the MSIs they say error code 7 is {{Disk full: }}. Am I looking in the right place?

I’m presently connected directly to the server (the iphone is) and ultimately I’m trying to connect to the server via a remote desktop session and connect to Outlook and sync the calenders to my iphone. If you see any issues, I’d also appreciate hearing those.

Cheers