A friend of mine just rang me because he's just got an iPod for his birthday
but when he plugs it into a USB port on his PC, an error message pops up
saying something like "Unknown device. A device has been plugged into a USB
port but Windows does not recognize this device" or something along those
lines - he wasn't very clear about it.

If it was a USB printer, for instance, I'd say that it needed to have
drivers installed but I haven't got an iPod so I don't know, and he doesn't
think it came with a CD - he's at work at the moment so can't be sure.

I would have thought though, that it just shows up in "My Computer" as a
removable drive doesn't it?

Anyway, I'm going round to see him tomorrow night so does anyone have any
idea what I could do to help him?

Thanks,

John

In article <R6KdnRk58M10iovVnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@bt.com>, John
<replyingroup@notemail> wrote:

download and install itunes.

<http://www.apple.com/itunes/>

http://www.tuaw.com/2006/04/13/ipod-...r-the-five-rs/

"John" <replyingroup@notemail> wrote in message
news:R6KdnRk58M10iovVnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@bt.com...
:A friend of mine just rang me because he's just got an iPod for his
birthday
: but when he plugs it into a USB port on his PC, an error message pops up
: saying something like "Unknown device. A device has been plugged into a
USB
: port but Windows does not recognize this device" or something along those
: lines - he wasn't very clear about it.
:
: If it was a USB printer, for instance, I'd say that it needed to have
: drivers installed but I haven't got an iPod so I don't know, and he
doesn't
: think it came with a CD - he's at work at the moment so can't be sure.
:
: I would have thought though, that it just shows up in "My Computer" as a
: removable drive doesn't it?
:
: Anyway, I'm going round to see him tomorrow night so does anyone have any
: idea what I could do to help him?
:
: Thanks,
:
: John
:
:

Tom [Pepper] Willett wrote:
Thanks NoSpam and Tom, for your replies. I'll try them tonight.

John

In rec.media.players.portable.ipod John <replyingroup@notemail> wrote:
It should have said as much in the box when iPod was purchased. Documentation
does have its uses ... sometimes.

--
Thomas T. Veldhouse

Religion is a crutch, but that's okay... humanity is a cripple.

Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:
Thanks to you all. It was the fact that he didn't have iTunes on his
computer.

John

I am returning my Ipod because I have too many USB problems. Sometimes I
have to use an old USB 1.1 (new firmware or recovery, thats the only way to
do it without a crash) and for the rest I can only 2 of my USB 2.0 (sync).

Apple suck.

"IV III" <43@43.nul> wrote in message news:fvsubj$lc7$1@aioe.org...
I returned my car because it kept getting flat tires

In rec.media.players.portable.ipod IV III <43@43.nul> wrote:
Looks more like your computer sucks.

--
Thomas T. Veldhouse

Religion is a crutch, but that's okay... humanity is a cripple.

On Thu, 08 May 2008 13:06:08 +0000, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:

Lol, fail.