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Contents 1 Tutorial Summary 1.1 Items Needed 1.2 Other Windows Users except Vista 2 Opening the Program 3 Loading your iPod Firmware 4 Loading your work 5 Troubleshooting 5.1 Wiki 5.2 Forum 6 Older iPodWizard Versions 6.1 Version 1.2 6.2 Version 1.1 or older

Tutorial Summary

An introduction to the interface of iPodWizard 1.3 in Windows Vista.
Content & Screenshots by Gabe, as part of the WDP (Wiki Development Project).

Items Needed

1. iPod 12345CMN
2. iPodWizard 1.3
3. Administrator Account (see your Technical Support for access if you do not have one)

Other Windows Users except Vista

We have a version of this tutorial specifically for other Windows users.
This tutorial contains screenshots from Windows Vista Aero. Please note that the appearance may differ from system to system.

Opening the Program

1. Download iPodWizard 1.3.
2. Unzip to a location of your preference.
3. Open Task Manager. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL. Select Task Manager.
4. Click on the Processes tab.
5. Identify your administrator privilages by pressing on the bottom of Task Manager "Show processes from all users".
6. An User Account Control dialouge appears. Press allow/OK/etc.
7. Kill the proccesses highlighted in Screenshot A.
8. Plug in your iPod.
9. Wait 10 to 20 seconds for Windows to recognize your iPod.
10. Right-click iPodWizard.exe, the main program. (See Screenshot B.)
11. Press Run as Administrator.
12. UAC pops up. Click allow/OK/etc.
13. The Tip of the Day and/or Update Balloon will appear.

Loading your iPod Firmware

iPodWizard contains a great feature called Direct Edit. This feature enables the program to load up whatever is required for editing directly from your iPod.
As you see in Screenshot C it has been organized into sections. In one of the sections you are able to load up your iPod via Direct Edit. Once it has loaded all the requirements from your iPod, you are ready to edit.

1. Find the drop down on the top-right hand side of the program.
2. As you see in Screenshot D, select iPod.
3. Select Load iPod Firmware.
4. A progress bar will appear. If error messages are shown, there is something that is preventing iPodWizard to load the firmware on your iPod. If so, please follow the instructions and run iPodWizard again. The most likely case is that you did not click Run as Administrator when loading iPodWizard.

Loading your work

Once you have done your desired modifications, it's time to save them to your iPod. This is done by the Direct Edit method.

1. Find the interface seen on Screenshot E.
2. Press Save.
3. A progress bar will appear. If error messages are shown, there is something that is preventing iPodWizard to save the firmware on your iPod. If so, please follow the instructions. The most likely case is that you did not click Run as Administrator when loading iPodWizard.
4. Do not remove the iPod yet. On your taskbar, double-click the Safely Remove Hardware icon.
5. Select your iPod. Make sure it is your iPod. If you go to Properties, you should see Apple iPod.
6. Unplug your iPod. It should restart.
7. When it is done, you have modified your iPod! Congratulations!

Troubleshooting

Wiki

Have a look at our Troubleshooting Page. It contains most solutions to problems & a FAQ.

Forum

Please search in our forum for many solved problem threads.

Older iPodWizard Versions

Note: These differ because they are based around older versions of Windows. Pressing Run as Administrator solves most problems with Vista.

Version 1.2

See Getting Started for iPodWizard 1.2.

Version 1.1 or older

See Getting Started for Older iPodWizard Versions.