A Possible Fix for Your Frozen 5G iPod (WindowsXP)

I fixed my iPod this way hopefully you can fix yours. The symptoms plaguing my iPod were the same as everyone elses:
This thread contains all of the problems I was having: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=528158&tstart=60
Couldn't mount, couldn't restore, I couldn't even Format the iPod in Windows. BUT my iPod did work on another machine. I believe that 2006-3-23 update actually broke something within my computer (somewhere around that time is when it stopped working give or take ~2 weeks). So here's what I did to fix it.
Boot your computer up in Safe Mode (hold F8).
Once booted, go to Control Panel -> System -> Hardware -> Device Manager.
scroll down to the Universal Serial Bus section and open up the drop down menu so you can see everything. Now, you are going to be uninstalling the USB ROOT HUB or something of that nature (I have a dell computer and this is what it's named in my comp). You should see several USB ROOT HUB items, these correspond with your USB ports. Right click each of them and then click uninstall. It will prompt you, say OK. Do this for each one. DO NOT uninstall the one's that are listed according to your chipset. i.e. Intel 82801FB/FBM USB Universal Host Controller. The reason i say this is because I don't know what it does if you do uninstall those. So, your mouse will stop working once you uninstall the USB ROOT HUB that your mouse is connected to. Use your keyboard arrows (I have a PS/2 keyboard, you may need to dig one out of retirement) to scroll down and then just hit the delete key to prompt the uninstall. Once you've uninstalled all of these, unplug every device connected via USB. Then reboot your machine (not in safe mode). Once up and running, open itunes and plug in your ipod voila!
A couple things to note:
-I was able to Format and Restore my ipod on another machine before doing this, but it did not fix the problem until I did the above fix.
-Don't worry about uninstalling the ROOT HUBS because they reinstall once you reboot.
-This was the ONLY THING that fixed my iPod. Formating and restoring DID NOT WORK.
-I would also uninstall/reinstall itunes and the ipod updater before performing these steps.
-Use this updater if for some reason you deem it necessary http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/ipodupdater20060110.html
Good Luck May the Force be with you (literally) I am never purchasing another Apple Product again.
-Peter
30Gb Video Windows XP Pro

manual syncing was never checked for me, so 'autosyncing' didn't fix the problem. I wish it did.

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