The SoHo store is to be avoided.
TekServe is so much better, although they can get quite backed up too.
...burning baby fish swimming all round your head.
Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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Tom Scola - Nov 16, 2005 8:01:16 am PST #5586 of 10003
hwæt
Gris - Nov 16, 2005 8:08:01 am PST #5587 of 10003
Hey. New board.
Oh? Thanks, Tom, I'll keep that in mind. Although this computer is out of warranty, so I probably won't ever end up wanting to do support that costs anything - does TekServe do free consultation for little things, like store de Apple does?
Tom Scola - Nov 16, 2005 8:09:50 am PST #5588 of 10003
hwæt
Yes. Apple more or less ripped off the whole Genius Bar concept from TekServe.
bon bon - Nov 16, 2005 8:17:24 am PST #5589 of 10003
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Has anyone had a problem with iTunes refusing to open? My BF had iTunes 5.x on a Compaq running WinXP, and (I don't know what precipitated this) one day he tried to open it and it said "iTunes has encountered a problem and needs to close." That kept happening. He tried downloading iTunes 6, and during installation something happened with Quicktime where it wouldn't install. So the second installation of iTunes 6 won't open either, and said it was due to "error code -3". I think he googled a bit and concluded that it was the computer's fault, and that he wouldn't have any luck with Apple's tech support. So I wanted to check in here first to see if anyone knows anything about this.
Gris - Nov 16, 2005 8:19:20 am PST #5590 of 10003
Hey. New board.
Yes. Apple more or less ripped off the whole Genius Bar concept from TekServe.
Huh. Cool. Good idea, TekServe.
Jon B. - Nov 16, 2005 9:10:27 am PST #5591 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Has anyone had a problem with iTunes refusing to open? My BF had iTunes 5.x on a Compaq running WinXP, and (I don't know what precipitated this) one day he tried to open it and it said "iTunes has encountered a problem and needs to close."
Does he use Eudora? There's a conflict between the two programs. I had a problem like that, but a quick Google turned up the hacky solution in a couple of minutes (which I can't remember right now but could google again if necessary).
Jon B. - Nov 16, 2005 9:12:27 am PST #5592 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Before you rush out to buy your next tinfoil hat: [link]
bon bon - Nov 16, 2005 9:39:54 am PST #5593 of 10003
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Does he use Eudora? There's a conflict between the two programs. I had a problem like that, but a quick Google turned up the hacky solution in a couple of minutes
No Eudora, but that's interesting. Maybe he installed some other mail program.
Eddie - Nov 16, 2005 11:16:55 am PST #5594 of 10003
Your tag here.
Has anyone had a problem with iTunes refusing to open?
bon bon, I too googled and didn't find much help wrt error code -3. However, it sounds like something got fubar'd and doing a total uninstall / reinstall of Quicktime and iTunes may be helpful.
Quicktime I believe can simply be uninstalled from Add/Remove Programs. iTunes, however, sounds like it needs a bigger hammer to get it to totally remove itself. See [link] . HTH.
bon bon - Nov 16, 2005 11:20:35 am PST #5595 of 10003
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Thanks for the google. I tried also and while there were people at iPod lounge who also got error code -3, no one seems to have the answer.
I have suggested to Bob that he uninstall it all but he's afraid he'll lose his library. I figure that's unlikely, but I'm no expert.