ITunes does not recognize my Nano

Hello,
When I open iTunes, the message "The software required for communicating with the iPod is not installed correctly. Please reinstall iTunes to install the iPod's software."
Okay, I've downloaded the latest version of iTunes 7.4.1.2 and have tried to install it. Towards the end of the install, the message "Service 'iPod Service' (iPod Service) failed to start. Verify you have sufficient privileges to start system services" with a 'Retry' or 'Cancel' option.
The iPod itself works just fine. iTunes seems to work just fine as well. But for some, reason, the iPod is no longer recognized by iTunes, although WinXP sees the Nano plain as day. I've never had this problem before and have been able to simply plug the Nano into a USB port and voila. My iPod shows up in Itunes. Something has since corrupted.
Suggestions are welcome. Thank you.

Check these out:
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