Plug in Required - Apple Quick Time

July 9, 2007 at 11:00 PM

I use Vista and can not see many of the sites here because I need a plug in and it is only good for Windows 2000 / XP. How have you solved this issue?

From Albert Justice
Posted on July 9, 2007 at 11:13 PM

Sites where? If it was anything like the XP deployment, it may be up to six months before all the compatibility issues are stabilized--actually an NT issue we are still paying for(both software and hardware drivers and so on).

I can't imagine however going from XP to Vista and those issues still occurring. But your question was a little vague for me too.

From Robert Berentz
Posted on July 10, 2007 at 1:31 AM

Listen : In Concert here on Violin.com is where I'm having problems.
It tells me to download a plug in and recommends only one, which is Apple Quick Time and it will not auto load and when I hit manual load it shows why - it is for Windows 2000 and XP only.

I had XP on a 13 year old computer that died and the Dell Dimension E521 comes loaded with a nightmare - VISTA; which in incompatible with everything it seems like. My disk backup system is incompatible and so is Norton which I had paid for up a year and was only into it for four months.

I talk to Dell and they can't fix it, especially the overseas group. Vista is written to be incompatible with everything and they go ahead and release it anyway?

From Albert Justice
Posted on July 10, 2007 at 3:20 AM

As I said, if there is a compatibility issue between the quicktime driver and Vista, it may be up to 6 most before Apple and Bill talk--normally not that long--still, I still can't imagine Apple's driver not being compatible with Vista at this point.

With that said, and I don't use Vista, is the Administrative Account if that's what they call it, installing the quicktime? That can be an issue as well--trying to install things from a user account that doesn't have administrative rights.

For example, I have my own useraccount on our home computer, and there is one that has administrative rights to install and so forth. I cannot install quicktime unless I log off and go to the admin. account. And so forth.

From Albert Justice
Posted on July 10, 2007 at 3:35 PM

Apple should have the quicktime plugin out there soon if not already for Vista. You may wish to go to their website and get it rather than just allowing your computer to auto-find it.

If you do, be careful about versions, and check on your computer to see if the 2000/xp version loaded. Then, see if Apple or Microsoft suggests the old version be uninstalled before downloading the new version.

There does appear to be a QT/Vista issue. Read here

From Robert Berentz
Posted on July 10, 2007 at 7:27 PM

Thanks for your help Albert.

From Albert Justice
Posted on July 11, 2007 at 3:52 AM

de nada.

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