2 different ipods in itunes?

this might be a stupid question but can you have 2 different ipods (touch 2nd gen) & (5TH gen) hooked up? I don't mean at the same time (or can you) BUT when the other one is done, hook the other one up. Will it conflict with the other ones softwere (you know what I mean?)
Message was edited by: Firsteveripod

I have the following:
2 GB 2nd Gen Shuffle
8 GB 3rd Gen Nano
16 GB 4th Gen Nano
80 GB 6th Gen Classic
Itunes recognizes which iPod you have connected and displays it.

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Thanks for using Apple Support Communities. If iTunes doesn't recognize your iPod touch, this article may help:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1923
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Jul 22, 2012 12:23 PM (in response to Toploader21120)
I just found the answer to this after hours of searching online. Make sure your iPod is hooked up to your computer & turned on.
Click on "Start" and in the search box type "regedit". This will display a program called "Registry Editor". Open it.
Click on the "Edit" tab and select "Find...". Type "Mary" in the search box and click "Find Next". It will bring up a list of everything that has "Mary" in it. (You may have to click on "Find next" under the "Edit" tab in order to find the associated items that have something to do with both "iPod" and "Mary".) What you need to pay attention to is not the NAME, but the DATA column. For me, the wrong iPod name was listed in 2 places in the data column. The actual names of those 2 items were "FriendlyName" and "Label".
Once you find the associated items that have to do with both the iPod and "Mary", right click on one of them. Select "Modify...". A box will open giving a "Value Name" box and a "Value Data" box. The "Value Data" box should say "Mary's iPod". All you have to do is change it to "Steve's iPod" and click "OK". Repeat the "Modify..." and renaming of the "Value Data" steps for every item that says something about "Mary's iPod".
Close the Registry Editor. Open "my computer" and see that it changed the name of your iPod back to "Steve's iPod".
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