5th Generation iPod - ejection problems

I've had no trouble getting music on my iPod but when I tried to put on photos that were on my laptop, although iTunes showed that they were loaded successfully and that it was safe to disconnect, the iPod still had the "Do not disconnect" symbol. When I tried to manually eject from iTunes I got the message that one or more files were in use so I couldn't eject. I had no other applications running so can one of you lovely people please tell me what was the problem? I reset it and got it working but took off the photos in case that was what was causing it. Anyone else with this problem?
judyou

By any chance do you have McAfee ActiveScan or any
other disk scanning software installed on on your PC?
If so try switching it off before you eject.
unable to get the ipod to eject as well and did turn off macfee. still says it is using files of other applications. all that is on there is songs. trying to move over from old computer to new computer as per apple support instructions. so now am stuck with ipod in limbo unable to eject. using windows xp professional help
Pamela

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