My 5th gen ipod will not play in itunes

I have updated my ipod and downloaded the most current itunes software.  I can see all of my songs and playlist but they will not play when selected.

I ran into similar problem. This what worked:
OS: XP (itunes 7.5), iPod - classic
1. Backup itunes.
2. Uninstall itunes.
3. Reboot PC
4. Reinstall itunes.
5. Reboot PC
6. Restore itunes from the Backup (it seems this is not necessary, but these are the steps I did)
7. Restore ipod
After the above steps - the songs that were skipped earlier play.
Hope that helps.

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