Microsoft’s Windows Vista team has announced a fix for the “Eject” problems that have plagued the iPod-Vista experience.

Nick White, a Vista program manager, on the team’s blog says “Today we’re publishing at the Microsoft Download Center a recommended final compatibility update for users of Windows Vista and the Apple iPod; this same update will be automatically available via Windows Update on Tuesday 22 May.”

“This release is for users worldwide and works with the latest version of Apple iTunes to correct an issue that caused some iPods to become corrupted when ejecting them using Windows Explorer or the ‘Safely Remove Hardware’ function in the System Tray,” White added.

Earlier this year, Apple released an iTunes 7.1.1 update to resolve a few more compatibility issues with Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system. According to Apple iTunes 7.1.1 is “recommended for use with most editions of Windows Vista.” However, some Vista users still experienced problems ejecting their iPods.

In March, Microsoft released a similar patch that was supposed to fix the problems, but did not in all cases. Today’s fix is an update to that March patch, and White called it a “final compatibility update.”

“Apple and Windows have partnered together to ensure a great experience in using Windows Vista with iTunes and the iPod, and both companies recommend you download this update,” White said.

Microsoft’s new update should solve the problem. You can grab the update through Windows Update on Vista or download it directly from the Microsoft site.

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Entry was posted on Wednesday, May 9th, 2007 at 10:26 pm under Vista.  Print This Post

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