On Jan 8, 2009, at 7:13 PM, Becca wrote: >> IT sounds like your real problem is your Internet access... > > that's not something I can do anything about - it's the perils of > living out in the country. > > but that's still no excuse for iTunes for freezing up on me and then > losing all my playlists - I don't see how that's a problem with my > internet access. I've been on the phone with AppleCare for about an > hour, and I know I'll have to uninstall everything and reinstall > it... and probably have to re-subscribe to all my podcasts... what I > don't know is whether I'll also have to rebuild my playlists or > whether iTunes will automatically find that library folder that > contains that information - and the guy from AppleCare that I talked > with didn't seem to know. > > *sigh* > > I didn't have these problems with iTunes 7. But is it a problem with iTunes, or is it Windows? If you're leaving your computer on for hours unused, is there a possibility that Windows is doing something wrong? Didn't you back up your iTunes Library? If so, replace the library file from the backup... Kirk Author of: Take Control of Users & Accounts in Leopard http://www.mcelhearn.com/tco.html - - - - - - Read my blog: Kirkville -- http://www.mcelhearn.com Musings, Opinion and Miscellanea, on Macs, iPods and more