HELP!! Please - Connecting a nano to an old PC

My parents have bought my little sister an iPod nano for Christmas. However their computer runs Windows Millenium Edition and when I tried to download and install iTunes for her to put music on her iPod I got an error message saying that iTunes only works on Windows 2000 or XP.
I use a Mac and could put some songs on her iPod from my iTunes library for the time being but I will be leaving after Christmas so she won't have any way to store or update the music.
Does anyone know a way round this? Is there an old version of iTunes that I can install on a Millenium edition computer. My sister is devastated and my parents are furious that no-one suggested to them that the nano might not just plug and play with their computer.
Help!! Please!
iPod Nano Windows ME

Thanks, it looks like some of the other software might do the job. I'll download the free trials and see if I can get one of them working. If it does then I'll have to buy the software for her. I wasn't aware that iPods worked with anything other than iTunes.
My parents are not particularly technically aware - they have a computer with a broadband connection which as far as they were concerned, was all that was needed to use an iPod and download songs. At no point did any saleperson ask them anything about operating systems. They didn't even ask if they had an internet connection to download iTunes. However, this is more of an issue with the customer service of the shop that sold it to them, rather than Apple.
So, thanks for the suggestion, I'll give it a try.

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