Sync'ing contacts with Outlook no longer works

Ipod Nano 4gb with latest iTunes 7.02.16. Problem was also present on previous version of iTunes.
At one time, for a while after I bought my iPod nano, I could sync my Outlook contacts. It used to popup a message in Outlook asking for permission and I would say, yes, 10 minutes or whatever.
Now iTunes just keeps saying "Cannot sync contacts with Outlook, try closing all instances of Outlook and restarting" but that suggestion does not solve the problem.
Anybody know how to fix this?
cheers,
steve
Dell D5150   Windows XP Pro   Pentium D

You should probably post your question in the iTunes or iPod discussions

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