Ejecting

I've been having the updater problems, installing and uninstalling etc. I thought I had it solved when I re-did everything with my brand new 30g video WITHOUT installing the new ipod software update, only now I can't eject it from itunes or system tray without it saying it's in use by another application, try again later. This defeats the purpose of owning an ipod, i can tell you that.

Try ejecting it manually by opening " My computer " and find " Ipod " and then right click it and press eject

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