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Solve : An inside look at Apple’s sneaky iTunes 8 upgrade?

Answer» http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=536

I’m reading lots of complaints about the new iTunes 8 update causing horrific problems on Windows machines, including widespread reports of STOP errors, aka the Blue Screen of Death. My colleague Adrian Kingsley-Hughes has ASKED readers for reports and Gizmodo has a sketchy post as well. How can this be happening? Assuming that the underlying hardware is working correctly, STOP errors can only be caused by kernel-level drivers or system services. A poorly written program can crash itself but not the entire system. So how can a supposedly simple software update cause a fatal crash?

Maybe because this isn’t a simple software update. Once again, Apple is using its automatic update process to deliver massive amounts of new software to users, including a device driver that has a LONG and checkered history of causing the Blue Screen Of Death to APPEAR. And it’s delivering this massive payload without even a pretense of proper disclosure and without asking consent from its users.

I was able to reproduce a crash using an iPod and iTunes 8 and fixed it by removing the suspicious driver. I’ve dissected the process and put together a GALLERY that shows how extensive the infiltration is and where you can FIND the likely culprit.

Read more at the above linkHuh, that's pretty concerning. The conspirator in me wants to think that maybe this is a ploy on Apple's part to get more Windows users to convert over to their system.

I knew, it had to be a reason, my son switched to Apple last year...LOOL


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