Connecting my old ipod nano to a new Windows PC

I recently purchased a new Windows PC and I want to connect my iPod Nano (1st Gen) to it, which I've had for about 8 months with 800 songs on it.
I downloaded the latest version of iTunes (with Quicktime) on to my new PC. When I try to connect my iPod, Windows detects a USB device but doesn't recognise that its an ipod, so it doesn't show up in iTunes or My Computer.
I don't know why this is, but I have some theories (listed below)
* Is this because you need a driver for the iPod nano (I thought you didn't need it with the new version of iTunes) or...
* Will the iPod only Sync with Windows once (i.e. when you first connect it and it hasn't been formatted to Mac or Windows), once synced with that Windows it will sync with any other (for piracy reasons)?
* Have I got to do a master reset to my ipod to get it to sync with my new PC?
* Or is it some other reason?
Can someone please help me?

i have the exact same problem. I have a 1st generation ipod nano 1g, and the previous computer which had my software on it, crashed (windows 2000). Then we used another computer which had windows xp and i tried installing the latest itunes onto the comp and as i connected my ipod it showed an icon stating... "USB does not recognise devive" "no drivers are installed for this device". so yeah practically the same problem and i really want a solution, as this is the 5th time ive had my ipod stuff up in the short amount of time ive had it. Very frustrating!!
Windows XP

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