The Technology Troubleshooting Thread

[Luther_Hull]

When I'm trying to open iTunes, an error message pops up that reads "The iTunes application could not be opened. A required iTunes component is not installed. Please repair or reinstall QuickTime. (~42404)" and as such, my iPod is stuck in limbo, anyone have any ideas? I've repaired QuickTime but it apparently hasn't worked.

[Slyfox696]

Originally Posted by Luther_Hull

When I'm trying to open iTunes, an error message pops up that reads "The iTunes application could not be opened. A required iTunes component is not installed. Please repair or reinstall QuickTime. (~42404)" and as such, my iPod is stuck in limbo, anyone have any ideas? I've repaired QuickTime but it apparently hasn't worked.

Yo should be able to remove your Ipod without iTunes. Down in the right corner, there should be a "Safely Remove Device" or whatever it says. You should be able to remove your iPod with that option. Like you would stop your USB drive.

As far as iTunes goes, the best thing to do would be to uninstall, and then re-install. If you had a CD with iTunes on it, use that to re-install it.

[Uncle Sam]

I'm using Firefox while I clear my browsing data on Google Chrome. It's taking ages. At least five minutes so far. Is it meant to take this long?

Edit: It finished, literally, as I was typing this. So long Firefox.

[Slyfox696]

Originally Posted by Mr. Sam

I'm using Firefox while I clear my browsing data on Google Chrome. It's taking ages. At least five minutes so far. Is it meant to take this long?

It just depends on how how long it's been since the last time you cleaned, and how many pages you have on there.

There are free programs that will clean them for you, and it usually does the job quicker than your web browser. One program I recommend for this is EasyCleaner.

[Uncle Sam]

Maybe it doesn't belong in here but fuck it. Sly, shed some light on this for me. If I get an HDTV, is it worth getting an upscaling DVD player, or should I just wait until I can throw myself into the whole Blu Ray experience?

[Slyfox696]

Originally Posted by Mr. Sam

Maybe it doesn't belong in here but fuck it. Sly, shed some light on this for me. If I get an HDTV, is it worth getting an upscaling DVD player, or should I just wait until I can throw myself into the whole Blu Ray experience?

The "upscaling" doesn't come close to matching Blu-Ray quality, and I've never noticed a difference in an upscaling DVD player and a regular one. I'm sure someone somewhere has, but I haven't. When I bought my TV, I also bought a home theater set, which included a five disc upscaling DVD player. I've played DVDs on it, and on my $20 DVD player I bought from Wal-Mart, and I can't tell much difference in quality.

If you're going for a full 1080p HDTV, then, personally, I wouldn't bother with paying extra for the upscaling DVD player. I'd just wait until you buy that PS3 you were talking about, and hook that up to your TV and play Blu-Ray on there.

[Tim]

So basically i've got Audacity, and I want to be able to hear want i'm saying into the mic through the speakers as i'm recording. I've got vista. If I check the software playthrough, I can hea what I say into the mic through the speakers, but there's a delay. If I uncheck the software playthrough, then I can't hear any output at all as i'm recording. Does anyone know how to fix this problem?

[TwistofRKO]

Anyone know anything about MACs? It's my parents computer, I'm not on it often, but we switched keyboards and know the computer always talks.. annoying as old people. I've searched the preferences and I can't find anything even related. Any ideas?

[Deexter Jorgan]

Could be the keyboard itsel, make sure its clean and their isnt any dirt of residue from tea or coffee in it, if the keyboard is brand new then check it on another computer first see if its working, if all else fails check the usb port on the Mac that the keyboard is plugged in to

[TwistofRKO]

That must be the problem then, we're borrowing my uncle's old keyboard, and just by looking at it you can tell it's old. There's my answer, thanks man.