Why won't my iPod touch show up in iTunes or Windows, tried ALL the support troubleshooter "fixes"

Hi:
I've had this problem since first connecting the Ipod. It won't show in either iTunes nor in Windows explorer/my computer. I've also tried the same 
setup on Windows 7, same PC a with a dual-boot with XP Pro setup. I've carried aout all the troubleshooting steps suggested here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1923 & re-installed all necessary software, latest versions.Can't find any conflicts on PC.....anybody got any suggestions?
BTW iPod is 3rd. generation.

It turns out that I had to reinstall iTunes from scratch. I got the tip from
      iTunes: How to remove and reinstall the Apple Mobile Device Service on Mac OS X 10.6.8 or Earlier
I'm 95% sure it had to do with me installing Xcode 4 to get the "FileMerge" utility for some other development effort totally unrelated to Xcode.
Regardless, it's working again.

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