Q: itunes is using 100 % CPU

By some weird fluke I happened to read your post about the application exception for iTunes in NetNanny, and it worked!!!!  I have been struggling with this for weeks.   Thank you SO MUCH for providing the answer to my iTunes Store access problem.

I am so sick of Apple's arrogance!   All I want to do is download some music to my iPod.  I don't want iCloud.  I don't want Safari.   I don't want Quicktime.   I don't want application helpers buzzing around my computer when I am not using iTunes.   I don't want to upgrade to a new version of iTunes every month.    I did not purchase my computer to run iTunes!!   I wish they would make it simple to opt out of all this crap!

Right - it won't actually say LSP. That's a placeholder for "some info naming a Service Provider"

The key thing to check (and it is laborious) is step 4 - if you have any entries with names different from those listed, you probably have the NetNanny style problem. The actual name(s) should give a clue about which software it is.

My PC: Win 7 x64

Look http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4123 

MSINFO32 shows BfLLR over [MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IPv6]] due to Bigfoot Networks.

Look http://www.killergaming.com/support/Knowledge_Base and search iTunes. Exist a post with the title “iTunes 10.5 + Bigfoot Network Manager = broken iTunes (workaround included)”. http://www.killergaming.com/forums/showthread.php?4650-iTunes-10.5-Bigfoot-Netwo rk-Manager-broken-iTunes-(workaround-included)/page6

I’ve uninstalled Xeno Suite and MSINFO32 shows MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IPv6].

The result is iTunes doesn’t spend any CPU, and iTunes Store runs OK.

The winsock reset fixed it for me.

This worked beautifully for me.  I highly recommend this to any Win XP user having an issue.  Thanks stuker - I have been dealing with this for months and finally gave up.  I finally had to rebuild my computer because of HDD failure and then had the same itunes no-sync issue after a complete rebuild.  Makes me think that iTunes corrupted it and Microsoft had to fix it.

Here's my tale of woe:

Was just given an iPad 2 as a birthday present. Plugged it into my lap-top, was told I'd have to download gthe latest iTunes. Did, and started having the APSdaemon problem straight away - additionally, iTunes would no longer recognise my iPod Touch; I had to download the latest software for that, wipe the iPod, and start anew. Then  came APSdaemon and iTunes both using 49% of CPU each, computer hanging whenever I tried using iTunes, etc...

Japiohelp's netsh winsock reset solution worked perfectly for me - Vista SP1 32 bit.

deleting APSDaemon from task manager really did the trick......thanks alot

Yup - the only solution that has ever worked for me was this one - deleting the APSDaemon file. But maybe that's cause I'm in WinXP.

I too had to delete APSDeamon.exe (I justrenamed it xAPSDeamon.ajo) to keep it from pegging my CPU at 99%.

So why hasn't Apple fixed this piece of crap software?

Amen timothy194!!!!

"

I am so sick of Apple's arrogance!   All I want to do is download some music to my iPod.  I don't want iCloud.  I don't want Safari.   I don't want Quicktime.   I don't want application helpers buzzing around my computer when I am not using iTunes.   I don't want to upgrade to a new version of iTunes every month.    I did not purchase my computer to run iTunes!!   I wish they would make it simple to opt out of all this crap!"

Worth repeating.  Apple, are you listening?

OK, I have been to **** and back since updating  iTunes to version 10.5.3.3. Basically it hogs 100% of your CPU. I read all the articles and forums I could find and tried out everything including Win socket resets, re-installations etc. Nothing worked. My objective is purely to get iTunes in any version format to work so I can use iTunes again.

I am now smiling and using iTunes. This is what I did.

SYSTEM RESTORE POINT

As always, create a system restore point so you have something to restore to in case something goes wrong

UNINSTALL PROPERLY

Go to control panel, programs and uninstall the below Apple related applications

• iTunes
• Quicktime
• Apple Software Update
• Apple Mobile Support
• Bonjour
• Apple Application Support
• iPhone
• any other Apple related product you can find

Delete or move any *.itl files (iTunes databases)

You need to remove these as when you install an earlier version of iTunes it will not be compatible with the newer version

Clean registry

Run a registry cleaner. I used the free one as part of the Tweaknow Power pack

Manual registry clean up

Run Regedit in admin mode and search for anything Apple and iTunes.  (F3 to do next search).

NEW INSTALL

Go to http://www.oldapps.com/itunes.php and download iTunes 10.1 (64-bit).  I tried later versions but had the same CPU issue (not sure why as I was on the second latest iTunes version which worked find until the upgrade).

Caviat

The above worked for me and was done at my own risk. If you choose to try the above you do so at your own risk and I accept no responsibility and liability what so ever.

I will not be updating iTunes again until I see an official Apple iTunes fix for this issue.

You don't say if you tried the microsoft winsock diagnostic and what that reported, or if you have any network filtering software like netNanny which might be conflicting with iTunes?

He shouldn't have to in any event.  The *DEVELOPER* is responsible for doing those checks.  If my company released an app that does this stuff to customers what iTunes is doing and I was having our customers checking WinSock I'd be fired.

We are on the 12th page of complaints about iTunes and Apple has done NOTHING to fix their crappy app.

WAKE UP APPLE AND FIX iTUNES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tony, you are absolutely correct. Any smaller company would not survive such incompetence.

However in response to Choddo, yes I did run Winsoc diag but it showed nothing of use that showed it was anything but iTunes and yes no netnanny or any firewall or security systems. I uninstalled it all.

The issue is clear. The latest version of iTunes causes CPU issues and it is **** to properly get rid of it to then install a earlier version that actually works.

Another thing that is clear too is that if there were another option open to me right now which meant I did not have to use iTunes I would be first in line. It is a matter of time!!

Apple, over to you.

How much RAM does your Windows machine have?

Not sure who are are asking this of but mine has 2 GB.