Firmware update broke my USB Ports!

I did the firmware update on my iPod 5G through iTunes today. As it was updating, a warning message popped up and said, "iTunes cannot find a folder. Cannot install update" (exact words).
I click OK, all of a sudden "USB Not Recognized" pops up on my screen in the task bar. My printer (connected to a different USB port) no longer is recognized, my camera, my iPod, NOTHING is recognized anymore on USB, not ANY of the 6 USB ports that are connected to my computer!
After 45 minutes on support I was told to uninstall and reinstall the iTunes/iPod updates (which won't help because my computer can't recognize the iPod!), and there was nothing else they could do.
To say the least, I am steamed! BEWARE!!! this firmware update, omg. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE OFFER SOME ADVICE OR HELP!?
I have tried:
-Uninstalling and reinstalling USB drivers
-Rebooting (of course)
-Resetting my iPod
Running:
Windows XP Pro
3.0 GHz Athlon XP 64
Thank you!
Windows XP Pro

Oh, you too...
Yes, it was a wonderful Christmas. Granny bought the kids Ipods, I had to install... and lo and behold, suddenly, no USB ports! Or so I figured out on my own... after being on hold/etc with apple for 2 1/2 hours that is (their great advice: "oh, maybe the ipods are broken. Bring them to an authorized dealer to get them checked out." Yeah, thanks. Imagine that scene.)
Anyway Kyle, I finally (and I'm not running Pro, and surely not the most but not the least, computer savvy mom around), after trying and failing to reinstall the drivers (the computer wouldn't even recognize that I had anything on the original installation cd) a million times, I caved and called the Geek Squad. I spent $99 and most of the day, had to wipe the hard drive and start over, but finally got the USB ports working again. (Gave up on my old printer tho, but was able to install a new one.) I don't know exactly how the Geek guy did it, he had to try a number of ways to reinstall the drivers. Under devices, or device manager?, where you should see them as installed, a large yellow question mark kept coming up. Whether I really needed to reformat the c drive or not to accomplish this, I don't know. Didn't care at that point.
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