Itunes sync button greyed out... restore not fixing the problem.

I have been struggling to sync my ipod for several weeks now. I am becoming desperate, help would be really appreciated!
Operating system and software versions:
Windows 7 64 bit
itunes 10.5.3.3
ipod touch
iOS 5.0.1
This is what has happened so far:
Itunes stopped recognizing Ipod when connected through usb cable, although windows did recognize the device.
The following error appeared: "Itunes has recognized an ipod but it could not be correctly identified, please disconnect the device and try again"
For a couple of weeks I tried everything: I uninstalled and reinstalled itunes and every other apple software, I reinstalled ipod drivers, usb drivers, restarted services, reinstalled services, tried syncing using winamp and songbird with no success, restart ipod, etc. I connected the ipod to my mom's computer, and it was recognized. I connected a friend's ipod touch to my computer, and it was recognized. The only thing I managed to do, was a backup using icloud.
Finally, I remembered installing my motorola phone software a couple of days before the problem started. I uninstalled the motorola software, reinstalled itunes and voila! itunes recognized the ipod once again.
only... now the problem was that the sync option had been replaced by restore. So I tried restoring to the icloud backup, and it worked, except all the music dissappeared from my ipod. Then I tried syncing and the sync button was greyed out.
So I tried restoring ipod with itunes backup.... again, unable to sync.
So then I tried restoring ipod as if it were new... again! unable to sync.
the sync button is greyed out and nothing happens when i click on it. the apply changes button is the same. I've tried manually adding music with no success.
I'm just desperate, I don't know what else to do!!! Please someone help!

I am having the same issue with my iPod touch. I installed both iOS 5 and iTunes 10.5 this weekend, and now the sync button (in iTunes, on the summary tab of my device info) is always greyed out.
[edit to add]: I've restarted my computer several times, and also tried restoring the iPod several times, to no avail. I'm running Vista.
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