Testosteles
04-16-2005, 01:24 PM
Here's a little background to my problem (I've browsed through some of the other similarly titled topics, but none of them deal with the problem I think I'm having):
- I have a U2 iPod
- It was working perfectly for a few months
- I think the problem is actually Windows related
Here's the chain of events leading up to my current situation:
- I plugged in my iPod with the USB2 connector on my Windows XP Pro computer.
- A Windows dialog popped up asking me what program I wanted to have handle the iPod. My options were Realplayer and "Take no Action". I haven't ever seen this dialog when plugging in my iPod before, that I remember. I *had* just recently installed Realplayer, though.
- Not thinking, I selected the 'Take no action' option. In retrospect, perhaps I should've just clicked 'cancel'.
- At the same time as the above dialog appeared, another iPod specific dialog popped up telling me about updates. I'd accepted the recommendation to update my iPod software. It went off and appeared to do it's thing.
So where am I at now, you ask? Well, it appears that the iPod update software got partway through it's installation. Now, whenever I click on a button on the iPod, or plug/unplug it into the USB port, it just shows me an image of an iPod AC adapter unplugged from a power outlet. It looks like it's telling me to plug it in to the wall. I don't think the iPod is out of power, though. Either way, it should (and has before) be charged by plugging it into the USB port anyways. Also, no matter what USB port the iPod is plugged in to, absolutely nothing happens. The iPod does not show up anywhere in Windows, My Computer included.
So what do I think happened? I'm guessing when I clicked on 'Take No Action" from the first dialog I described, I told Windows to ignore my iPod whenever it was plugged in. This would seem to be supported by the fact that Windows does, indeed, take no action. So my question is, how do I put the 'action' back in Windows and the iPod's relationship?
This really sucks, btw. I can't use the iPod at all right now, and resetting it doesn't seem to change anything. I'm guessing a format won't work either.
- I have a U2 iPod
- It was working perfectly for a few months
- I think the problem is actually Windows related
Here's the chain of events leading up to my current situation:
- I plugged in my iPod with the USB2 connector on my Windows XP Pro computer.
- A Windows dialog popped up asking me what program I wanted to have handle the iPod. My options were Realplayer and "Take no Action". I haven't ever seen this dialog when plugging in my iPod before, that I remember. I *had* just recently installed Realplayer, though.
- Not thinking, I selected the 'Take no action' option. In retrospect, perhaps I should've just clicked 'cancel'.
- At the same time as the above dialog appeared, another iPod specific dialog popped up telling me about updates. I'd accepted the recommendation to update my iPod software. It went off and appeared to do it's thing.
So where am I at now, you ask? Well, it appears that the iPod update software got partway through it's installation. Now, whenever I click on a button on the iPod, or plug/unplug it into the USB port, it just shows me an image of an iPod AC adapter unplugged from a power outlet. It looks like it's telling me to plug it in to the wall. I don't think the iPod is out of power, though. Either way, it should (and has before) be charged by plugging it into the USB port anyways. Also, no matter what USB port the iPod is plugged in to, absolutely nothing happens. The iPod does not show up anywhere in Windows, My Computer included.
So what do I think happened? I'm guessing when I clicked on 'Take No Action" from the first dialog I described, I told Windows to ignore my iPod whenever it was plugged in. This would seem to be supported by the fact that Windows does, indeed, take no action. So my question is, how do I put the 'action' back in Windows and the iPod's relationship?
This really sucks, btw. I can't use the iPod at all right now, and resetting it doesn't seem to change anything. I'm guessing a format won't work either.