Comments on: iTunes Download Problem

By: Conor

Conor — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:13:12 +0000

Arrrrggghhh! This is such an annoying error, my Podcats will download fine, but my songs won’t! And what if you don’t have McAfee security? I have a built in Windows, one, and I don’t know how to stop it.
APPLE YOU SUCK

By: Jane Smith

Jane Smith — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:27:12 +0000

I tried the autobahn linked mentioned above but it didnt solve the network timeout problem on itunes

By: Gary

Gary — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 02:03:22 +0000

When purchasing from Itunes the download is in real time recently. Also when burning a CD it takes forever to burn. The worst of this is that the CD sounds like a recording of a scatchy old LP. I just downloaded the autobahn link, maybe this will help.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:51:11 +0000

Prior to stopping the McAfee services, Remember -

Disabling McAfee’s Redirector may also limit some of McAfee’s anti-virus and firewall protection..

The “Redirector” services in McAfee security software may block certain Windows functions (such as DCOM) that programs like CTI Navigator require to send data securely over the Internet. To stop this interference:

1. From the Start button, click Run… (or press the Windows logo + R keys; or see note 1 below)
2. Type “Services.msc” (without quotes) in the “Open” box and press the Enter key .
3. The list of Windows services will appear. Scroll down to the “McAfee Redirector” service >
4. Right-click on the McAfee Redirector and click on “Stop”. This should temporarily fix the problem during your current session of Windows.
5. To prevent the McAfee Redirector service from starting the next time you restart your computer, right-click on the McAfee Redirector > choose “Properties” > change the Startup type on the General tab from “Automatic” to “Disabled” (see note 2 below).
6. Contact McAfee support for further resolution of this problem (also see note 2 below).

Note 1. In Windows XP and Vista, you can select Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services instead of running services.msc. For a larger screen view, click the “Standard” tab. Then skip step 2 and continue with step 3 above.

Note 2. The current bug appears to be in McAfee’s Privacy Service (and/or SpamKiller). An alternative to stopping the McAfee Redirector services would be to uninstall McAfee’s Privacy Service (and SpamKiller, if installed) until its bug is fixed by McAfee.

* To uninstall individual components of the McAfee Security Center, go to Windows Control Panel > select Add/Remove Programs (in Windows Vista select Programs & Features) > select McAfee > Uninstall > chose the option to uninstall only specified components (such as Privacy Service and SpamKiller).
* To completely remove all McAfee security programs from your computer, download the McAfee Consumer Products Removal tool from McAfee’s web site (http://download.mcafee.com/products/licensed/cust_support_patches/MCPR.exe) > click Run to unzip the tool > click Run again to run McAfee’s Removal tool > re-start Windows (See “McAfee uninstall and reinstall tool with instructions” in related articles below for details).

Note 3. If your version of McAfee does not include a Redirector service, you may temporarily stop McAfee’s Proxy Service (follow steps 1-4 above but select McAfee Proxy Service instead of Redirector) to determine if it is interfering with the Windows DCOM function.

By: tori

tori — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 04:39:33 +0000

SORRY PPL THIS IS KINDA LONG BUT ITS THE WHOLE STORY…IF U CAN HELP ME PLZ DO…THANKS!
i dont have any problems like that i dont think…my problem is..is that when i download a song the itunes website shows that it is done downloading i then checked my ipod and none of the 15 songs i purchased were there. i waited for about another hour or so then checked again. so i unplugged it and plugged it back up…i still didnt have them…they never showed up until a few weeks later when i plugges it in again they were there…during those few weeks i had been using my ipod but the songs werent there…i tried to download some tonight and they havent been put on my ipod yet…im not a time-warner user..but if u have any help u could offer me i would really appreciate it!
thanks! =)

By: iGabe

iGabe — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:24:45 +0000

I’m dropping my Apple stocks, I just can’t deal with this damn error 3259 message. They encourage you to upgrade and then the system is crap, doesn’t work, no live help! APPLE WTF!!?? Fix this crap please I want to install my APPS so bad.

By: Alice

Alice — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:16:55 +0000

It may not be relevant to any of your problems, but i had trouble downloading certain songs after purchasing. I found that if i changed my vista account from being a normal user to being an administrator the songs downloaded without a problem. Not sure why it worked but it did.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 01:02:29 +0000

@ edward

Have you tried the autobahn link above it has solved my problem completely and it’s free!

By: edward

edward — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:08:21 +0000

i have itunes 8 on my mac in sweden, same error while downloading podcasts…have loads of bandwidth over just times out everytime…my next door neighbour cannot update his iphone because it constantly times out through itunes…love apple but this sux

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:33:10 +0000

Hi people,

I’ve also been having a bad time with iTunes and the poor download speeds. I run Norton Antivirus so #37 was no good to me but I have found a solution to the rest of you like me who want faster speeds.

Go to http://getautobahn.com/install which is a piece of software to speed up video and itunes downloads.

I was downloading a TV show of 470Mb and it took about 5 hours to get to 95Mb, I then downloaded the above and I’m at 246Mb in the last 2 minutes! Yay!

Make sure you re-boot itunes after installing…