itunes update failed - can't get past "Apple mobile device failed to start"
Any help would be appreciated:
I opened itunes today and got the standard needs-to-update message, so I let it do its thing. Rather than update like usual, it stopped and said there was an error and it failed to finish (didn't copy that one down). I tried clicking on the desktop link, but it said there was something missing and I should reinstall it.
I went and uninstalled it, then went to the itunes site and downloaded the latest version, and now I'm stuck with this:
"Service 'Apple Mobile Device' (Apple Mobile Device) failed to start. Verify that you have sufficient privileges to start system services."
Then I have the option to abort, retry, or ignore. I can't ignore it 'cause it brings me back there, and retry does the same. Abort just cancels the whole install.
I looked up "Apple Mobile Device" but the help tips just tell me to stop it and start it again, but it never started. I tried to start it, but I get this:
"Windows could not start the Apple Mobile Device service on Local Computer. Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion."
Where do I go from here? It has always just...updated. I have no idea where it's getting this problem from.
Windows 7
