The Official Computer Tech Support Thread

[Janszoon]

Originally Posted by The Ice Plant

This (obviously) is my first post, so I apologize ahead of time if this topic already has been discussed in this thread. I couldn't find it in a quick skim, but then again, it's easy to miss in a 34-page thread.

The albums on my iPod almost always have their tracks displayed in the proper order when my iPod is connected to my computer, but when it is not connected, it displays the tracks in a different order. I don't think I articulated that particularly well, so I'll give an example.

When my iPod is connected to my computer, the track listing for Beggars Banquet in my iTunes library is as follows...:
1. Sympathy For the Devil
2. No Expectations
3. Dear Doctor
4. Parachute Woman
5. Jigsaw Puzzle
6. Street Fighting Man
7. Prodigal Son
8. Stray Cat Blues
9. Factory Girl
10. Salt of the Earth

...but when my iPod is not connected to my computer, it lists the tracks for Beggars Banquet as follows:
1. Sympathy For the Devil
2. Jigsaw Puzzle
3. Stray Cat Blues
4. Salt of the Earth
5. No Expectations
6. Dear Doctor
7. Parachute Woman
8. Street Fighting Man
9. Prodigal Son
10. Factory Girl

Has anybody else experienced this problem, and if so, do you know how to fix it?

Did you make sure the tracks are numbered correctly inside the "info" popup window?

[The Ice Plant]

Yes, of course. I also made sure they had the proper disc number, same album artist, etc. Unless I made an obvious mistake that I am missing, all the track information is correct.

[Freebase Dali]

Originally Posted by The Ice Plant

Yes, of course. I also made sure they had the proper disc number, same album artist, etc. Unless I made an obvious mistake that I am missing, all the track information is correct.

I don't use iPod, but I found this on Google and thought I'd throw it out there just in case it helps:

"Make sure that all tracks in an album have consistent tag information in *every* field, otherwise iTunes considers the song to belong to a different version of the same album.

Look at these fields in particular and make sure they are the same for each track in the album:
- Compilation checkbox (Easy to miss!)
- Album artist (might be set to Various Artists if you got the track off of a compilation)
- Track number, Disc number and Year

The easiest way to fix is to multi-select the whole album, right-click Get Info, then correct all at once.

You can see if everything is right in iTunes before transferring to iPod.
Change to the Cover Flow view; if iTunes shows two of the same cover for what should be one album, then some tracks still have inconsistent tags."

[The Ice Plant]

I'll give it a try. Thanks!

[James]

**** my laptop. Yesterday this thing started coming up saying I had like 30 infections and had to pay 50 pound to get rid of them all it's popping up every two seconds and as an added **** you it's not letting me use my last fm it's annoying the laptop was working perfectly until this **** came up.

[Janszoon]

Originally Posted by james44754

**** my laptop. Yesterday this thing started coming up saying I had like 30 infections and had to pay 50 pound to get rid of them all it's popping up every two seconds and as an added **** you it's not letting me use my last fm it's annoying the laptop was working perfectly until this **** came up.

This may sound really basic but have you quit your browser and just restarted.

[James]

Originally Posted by Janszoon

This may sound really basic but have you quit your browser and just restarted.

Multiple times

[Janszoon]

Originally Posted by james44754

Multiple times

And these messages that are popping up, are they coming from your browser or your operating system?

[Akira]

You need to clear your computer of spyware and mallware. Restarting your browser doesn't fix anything

[Janszoon]

Originally Posted by Akira

Restarting your browser doesn't fix anything

It would if they were just those pop-up windows that are made to look like warnings from your OS. That's why I asked.