The Bonjour service has been disabled.

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The Bonjour service has been disabled.

Updated tunes,(veer:8) airport no longer works. I get this dialog, "The Bonjour service has been disabled. Bonjour is required to share music with others. Please re-enable the service to use this feature." UN-installed Bonjour, re-installed Bonjour. Still doesn't work. Hopefully some GENIUS & Apple can figure it out and post a fix. It all worked fine prior to the update. How do I re-enable Bonjour?

Windows XP

Posted on Sep 10, 2008 5:54 PM

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Sep 10, 2008 10:12 PM in response to Pat Kenly

I have also installed the newest iTunes version and get the same messege. I have windows vista though. How can I fix this?

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Snoop Dogg

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Sep 10, 2008 10:23 PM in response to Pat Kenly

Do you have any kind of third-party anti-virus or anti-spyware software installed? It's possible this software is interfering with Bonjour and preventing it from starting.

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Pat Kenly Author

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Sep 11, 2008 7:17 AM in response to Snoop Dogg

Bonjour is started. iTunes preference says to "re-enable" can't find the "re-enable" button. I have anti-virus, off or on, no difference. My laptop has iTunes 7.6, all is good, my desktop has iTunes 8, all is not good. Needless to say, I won't be updating iTunes on my laptop.

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Pat Kenly Author

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Sep 11, 2008 8:06 PM in response to Pat Kenly

Fixed. Un-installed iTunes v8 and installed iTunes 7.0. Had to dump a "iTunes Library.itl" file on the install but who cares. It's all better now. Hopefully the Apple GENIUSES will get it figured out one day. These guys don't give a hoot about what they put out here, it's all about newer, better. Not always. Seems like the Apple GENIUSES need to do more homework and less ballyhoo.

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Snoop Dogg

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Sep 11, 2008 8:12 PM in response to Pat Kenly

What kind of anti-virus software do you have?

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mmnyesss

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Sep 11, 2008 9:51 PM in response to Pat Kenly

i had this problem. i have windows and just downloaded bonjour for windows. fixed it straight away!

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Pat Kenly Author

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Sep 12, 2008 6:29 AM in response to Snoop Dogg

Trend Micro PC-cillin

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Pat Kenly Author

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Sep 12, 2008 6:34 AM in response to mmnyesss

I tried that too, didn't work for me. Bonjour service was started, iTunes thought it was disabled. Bonjour problem, iTunes problem, Mac on Windows problem???

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Babs22

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Sep 13, 2008 8:08 AM in response to Pat Kenly

Bonjour service was disabled for me too. How do I re-enable Bonjour?? I want to be able to listen to other people's music...please help!

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stonge85

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Sep 14, 2008 4:18 PM in response to Pat Kenly

Having the exact same issue.

Looks like the kill mobile me sync as well.

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Snoop Dogg

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Sep 14, 2008 4:28 PM in response to Babs22

Babs, stonge, can you open a DOS Console window and type the following command exactly as shown. Make sure you type an upper-case "R". What does this command return? Does it print out an error number?

*dns-sd -R Foobar test.tcp local 123*

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Sep 17, 2008 5:18 AM in response to stonge85

to re-enable in vista you would go to control panel, admin tools, services, and bonjour is in the list, right click and start

unfortunately this hasn't fixed the same problem on my machine. tried reinstall of all software (itunes, bonjour for windows) no anti virus or spy installed on system....

may have to down grade until a patch has been released

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Sep 18, 2008 3:53 PM in response to Snoop Dogg

I've been experiencing this issue as well, both before and after upgrading to I8, and both before and after upgrading to Bonjour 1.0.5. Typically, iTunes will launch properly after a roboot, but if it's shut down and relaunched the error message re: Bonjour will appear and my AirPort Express won't be found (so I can't stream to my stereo via AirTunes).

In response to Snoop Dogg's post, Bonjour Console Utility accesses the Internet, registers Foobar, gets a reply, and reports that the name is now registered and active. For what it's worth, iTunes still can't find my AirPort Express after running the command.

I'm running TrendMicro 8.0 SP1 for anti-virus and ZoneAlarm 7.0.483.000 with the 5.0.189.0 version of the anti-spyware engine for my firewall. Both may have auto-updated recently, but I can't say one way or the other with certainty.

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MESAVAGE

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Sep 26, 2008 8:04 PM in response to james.parke

I too WAS frustrated. Vista, iTunes8 stopped bonjour service from running.

The suggested file change worked for me.

See this discussion regarding replacing mDNSResponder.exe in the bonjour folder and restarting windows.

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1702293

Hope it works for you too!

Mark

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Doofy

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Sep 30, 2008 11:11 AM in response to james.parke

Just to further confuse the issue, the solution that didn't work for james (control panel, admin tools, services, and bonjour is in the list, right click and start) DID work for me! I am in XP, not Vista. Anyway, worth a try before pursuing other options.

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