IPod touch not always being recgnized in iTues

Lately I've had something funny happening with my iPod / iTunes. When I connect my iPod to the compter, the computer recognizes it (I get the autoplay window and the iPod charges), but iTunes is acting funny.
iTunes will usually auto start, but sometimes it hangs and won't resond to clicks, and it dosn't recognize my iPod and it doesn't sync. Eventually if I fiddle around enough (restart my computer and iPod a few times) it will eventually work. I've got the most recent versions of iTunes and iPod software. Anyone have any idea why it may be doing this, and more importantly how to correct it?

This seems to have been fixed in OS 3.1 and later.

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