My ipod won't update

When i open itunes and connect the ipod it recognizes it as usual and begins flashing the do not disconnect image on the ipod however it doesn't go away unless you manually eject the iPod and then the iPod does not update and add new songs. If you right click on the iPod in itunes and click update the entire screen flashes once and then the information bar at the top never changes to updating ipod, i've installed the latest itunes and updater and updated the software on the ipod itself, it did that sucessfully but nothing else. thanks

Go to "Edit Preferences -> iPod" to be sure that you are on one of the "Automatic" settings, which should automatically eject your iPod.
iTunes won't automatically eject your iPod, though, if "Disk Use" is enabled. Right-click your iPod, and see if disk use is enabled. If it is, then try unchecking Disk Use, and see if that works.
-Kylene
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b care
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-Kylene
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