Can't delete songs & ipod appears twice under "devices" in itunes

I have two problems that started at the same time and are probably related. [Note - The problems described here occur on two different machines with this particular ipod (mine) & does not with my other one (my wife's).]
Problem #1
I can not delete anyting from my ipod. If I try to delete anything from my ipod, itunes immediately shuts down and the songs remain on the ipod. No error message, warning, or anything. This problem started the happening at the same time as problem #2.
Problem #2
My ipod shows up twice under Devices in itunes. [See a screenshot at: http://home.nyc.rr.com/mindybrian/itunes.JPG. ] Again, I don't know what caused this to happen.
Since this doesn't happen to my other ipod and occurs on all computers I connect this ipod too, it must be the ipod. Does anyone have any advice? I don't want to wipe the whole thing clean and start from scratch. Any and all help is appreciated. Thank you.
click wheel ipod   Windows XP  
click wheel ipod   Windows XP  

iPhone 4S and Windows XP the first thing that jumps to mind is that the iPhone 4S needs a USB 2.0 connection to sync with iTunes. Check your computers user guide to see if the PC has a compatable USB 2.0 input.

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