G3 click-wheel iPod suddenly janky when connecting to iTunes

Starting Monday(7/9), my reliable G3 20GB iPod all of a sudden had a hard time connecting to iTunes.(v7.3.0.?) Whenever I connect to Windows, it took a long time recognizing the iPod and even when Windows recognized it, iTunes took even longer. Eventually, iTunes would either crash or recommend reformatting the iPod. Even after doing so, it would still have difficulties, making iTunes/Windows stall. Once in awhile, connection would be successful, in which case the syncing would be problematic.(I listen to a lot of Podcasts)
I made an appointment at the Genius Bar on Tuesday(7/10) and they were no help. Eventually, they concluded that my iPod is dead and that I should just get another one. I walked out with my G3, looking like someone whose puppy had just died.
Today, I got an auto-update notice for a new update to iTunes.(v7.3.1.3) Once I did this, my iPod connected fine(after another round of reformatting) and no problems syncing.
So if anyone has had a similiar problem this week, I have a sneaky suspicion that it was related to the first version of iTunes that was released in preparation for iPhone. Maybe the new update released today fixed some bugs? Who knows. I just wanted to share in case this is helpful to some of you.
Long live my old iPod!

My iPod Classic is also sticking in verify then iTunes freezes. This only happened after iTunes was updated to 9.2. According to CCleaner's registry check, two problems appear - both are missing TypeLib References; the IUserHelper and the IiPodManagerUI. I can only assume that the latest iTunes is causing the trouble because of these missing files. This led to me completely reinstalling iTunes yesterday, but all that achieved was to empty my iPod and leave me library-less. The only way around it I can see is to wait for a new iTunes update. A real pain.

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