Cannot transfer purchase music to Ipod Mini

Help. I cannot transfer my purchased music from Itunes to my IPOD mini. I can transfer all other music except music purchased from Itunes. Each time I try, I get a message that tells me to update my IPOD software. But I already have the latest software.
I can transfer purchase music from Itunes to my 2nd generation IPOD with no problems. Why can't I transfer purchased music to my IPOD mini?
I've tried the 5Rs and have restored the mini several times, but nothing seems to work.
HP Pavilion 7845 Windows XP Pro

Steps to follow:
1. Open iTunes.
2. Open the store tab.
3. Click authorize account.
4. Follow the instructions shown on your screen from that point.
Then you should be able to teansfer the purchased music onto it. If not post back.
Purchased music from iTunes is in a protect file format known as AAC. For more information follow this external link http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2003/04/20030429195456.shtml).

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Hi,
I have never really used the iTunes Store, but I recently acquired a gift card from a friend, so I decided to get some stuff off of it. The last time I used the Store was when it first came out, years ago.
The problem I am having is this : Any purchased music or videos will not transfer to my iPod. So far I have only downloaded 3 items :
Pilot - Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (TV Show, Free)
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Shockwave - Black Tide (Song / Free)
I would purchase more items, but iTunes will not let me transfer them to my iPod, so I don't see any reason in getting the music if I can't listen to it on my iPod.
When I drag the purchased songs to my iPod, I get the following message :
Some of the iTunes Store files in the itunes library were not copied to the iPod "80GB iPod Video [White]" because the iPod may only contain content from five iTunes Store accounts.
As I said earlier, I have only used the Store once, way back when it first started. Since then I have gotten a new computer, and a new iPod. So there should be absolutely no files purchased from the iTunes Store on either my computer, or my iPod.
Thanx to anyone who can help.
Additional Information
Computer Type : MacBook 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (Late 2007 Model)
iPod Type : 80GB iPod Video (5th Generation)
iTunes Version : 7.6
Mac OSX Version : 10.5.1
Message was edited by: GaryBlizzard
Message was edited by: GaryBlizzard

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Please help. I still have 19 GB of free space and if I can't transfer purchases, then it's kind of a waste of space. Thanks so much for your time~

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help me!
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If you've purchased the music from itunes, when you plug the iPod in to the pc, it'll ask if you want to transfer purchases to the computer. Due to the restriction ,we can only transfer our music from PC to iPod , but not transferring from iPod to PC if you’ve not purchased them .In this case, transferring your files from iPod to computer can be a hassle , I think you will need a practical third-party solution . In order to find out how to transfer music from iPod to computer, you need to seach more information on the internet.

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