Sign In To Use This Computer for Automatic Downloads

Wow this fix by bono.hu just worked for me. Hopefully it'll last! Thanks so much for posting. 🙂 I too have only had this problem on my new Win-7 64-bit laptop.

Happy New Year!

Torching iPhone wrote:

When are the idiots at Apple going to get this fixed??? On the verge of divesting myself of all Apple products including iPhone.

Please hurry and do so.

Interesting that there has been a Mac iTunes update since this problem first appeared. That update did not, however, include a fix for this unwanted login window. The solution offered by "jh366" appears to have no Mac equivalent? I am still getting the sign in mesage twice. I am starting to regard pressing ESC twice after launching iTunes as standard procedure 😟

I am on Safari Version 5.1.2 (7534.52.7).

Mac OS 10.7.2

I have found that this issue occurs after I select Reset Safari... from the Safari menu.

I have completed all the other previously suggested items, but found that it does not matter. Once I select Reset Safari... it resets the iTunes Store password for Automatic Downloads.

Not sure why these are linked. This is very annoying.

This worked for me. Thanks so much!

I tested out maconservative's view that the unwanted sign in windows are linked (in Mac) to resetting Safari. This appears to be correct. I can eliminate the problem by resetting warnings in iTunes preferences (advanced), but the sign in windows return after resetting Safari. How bizarre!

If you don't use the iTunesstore and don't need to authenticate any media (not purchased from iTunes)but are signed into the iTunes store anyway, sign out and the prompts willstop.

I discovered that signing in to the iTunes store in iTunes creates a cookie on the Mac. If you have an extension in Safari that deletes cookies on exit, you may be deleting the Apple iTunes cookie, and it will make you authenticate on iTunes startup. For me, I signed out of the store in iTunes, signed back in and then made sure I had the cookies from Apple exlcuded from auto deletion upon Safari exit.

Thank you bono.hu. That worked out for me.

OMG. THANK YOU for posting that fix (launch iTunes as an administrator).

At least on the Mac side, artimon is 100% correct. Now I know why iTunes has been acting weird the last few weeks! Thanks for that.

I recommend TechSTL check his browser settings. If he's using Safari, then that might be the cause. I imagine iTunes on windows might rely on an internet explorer cookie, since Safari is not guaranteed to be installed.

+1 on Windows. Safari not installed. New PC with UAC enabled.

Thank you bono.hu. Running as Administrator resolved it.

THANKS! this was the ULTIMATE fix.

I am an iTunes Match subscriber and, everytime I opened iTunes, I had to turn off Match and then turn it back on because the cloud sync just didn't work. Now everything's fine!

same problem.

disconect your account from itunes store in your itunes.

in your itunes on itunes store, right upper corner click in your email and press disconect

when you reopen your itunes it wont ask again