"The iPod cannot be synced. You do not have enough access privileges..."

Okay, so, as of today, my iPod refuses to sync. I keep getting this error message:
"The iPod <name> cannot be synced. You do not have enough access privileges for this operation"
If I hit 'OK' the sync appears to carry on, but checking my iPod the new song I have (which I got after the first time this happened, so that isn't the cause) isn't on there.
I have already looked around the forum and seen several similar threads, but I tried deleting my iPod photo cache (which seemed to work for everyone else) and that didn't work.
I also have my laptop set up to run a virus scan on a device every time it is plugged in and for some reason the scan on my iPod gets stuck at 83% every time.
Any ideas?
I don't know a lot about computers, but if there's anything else you need to know I'll tell you if I can.
Message was edited by: Safireix

Hi
I had the same error message.  The problem turned out to be related to me syncing pictures.
When I elected to sync pictures, iTunes presented me with several folders and I chose to sync all of them.  Later I realised that those folders actually belonged to another account on the same PC (an administrator account).  Consequently I did not have access privileges to copy them onto the iPod.
When I deselected the picture folders that did not belong to my account, the problem went away.

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