Do Not Disconnect won't go away

Everything on my iPod 30 gig was wonderful until I bought a new Nano for my granddaughter. To get her started I bought some songs and transferred them using my computer. To do this, I had to change the settings on her "guest" computer to manual.
I know, I know. I've since called and found out how to set up separate profiles in XP. Cumbersome but it works.
I've reset my iPod to automatic update and I've finally gotten it to update automatically again. But while my desktop now says "okay to disconnect" my iPod keeps the "do not disconnect" icon until I just unplug it. I've checked all the settings and they seem right. Ejecting does work, but it used to disconnect automatically.
Any ideas?

sometimes my ipod doesnt eject when i press the eject button in itunes either. thats when i go into "my computer" and right click my ipod and select eject from there. that usually does the trick.
chris

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  • Do not disconnect message wont go away

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    Hi,
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