Ejecting iPod Trouble

[awc217]

Hello,

I recently got into this whole iPod craze a few weeks ago. I'm very surprised how much I picked up in such a short time just by reading. It's been exciting but also frustrating at the same time.
For example, whenever I try to eject my iPod from within iTunes it automatically reboots my PC but when I "Safely Remove Hardware" it's fine. Is there any way to stop that? What could be the reason for it? Has it happened to any other PC users here? Thanks.

Andy

[yinyang]

welcome to the lounge : )

do you have the latest versions of your windows (ie 2000, xp, ect) and iTunes?

[awc217]

Yes, I have Windows XP and the latest version of iTunes 4.6.

[Spoon]

I had this same problem.

Run the updater and restore to defaults, charge the unit, and then go through the install process again.

At least this fixed it for me.

[awc217]

Thanks. I'll give it a try.

[gaurav]

i had similar problem but i zeroed it down to both MM and itunes being present at the same time. Ensure that u dont have both the softwares. It causes havoc!!

[millipod]

Andy, did that fix your problem? Perhaps I should give it a try...
Mine doesn't restart, but it does give me an error message whenever I eject the iPod through iTunes without then using the normal Eject Hardware...

(brand new iPod :-D , iTunes 4.6, Windows 2000...)

[awc217]

Sorry about that. I haven't checked my account in a while. Yea, I haven't actually tried solving the problem, but rather I've avoided it. I stopped clicking the "Eject iPod" icon at the bottom right of iTunes and go to Controls and select "Eject iPod" there and it works fine. However I bet if I still click the icon it will reboot. Thanks for all the help! You guys are the best!