Got the shuffle G2 to work with XP- somewhat....

I like everyone else with a shuffle have been having problems with Windows not recognizing the iPod, it would show up in the device manager as an "unknown device" under the USB root hub. I tried all the uninstalling/rebooting/reinstalling crap and nothing fixed it. I finally downloaded the shuffle restore utility from Apple, ran that and suddenly it worked- Windows recognized it and showed as my G drive, latest itunes software linked up to it and I was able to load it up with songs for my son. I "ejected" the shuffle from within iTunes like they say you should and tried it out- plays songs fine.
I thought I'd try hooking it right back up to the computer to see if I'd found the "holy grail" of fixes for all of us Windows people that Apple doesn't seem to care about. Got a big fat "unknown device" message again...
I'm thinking that we may have to run the shuffle through the restore utility every time to get windows to recognize the shuffle. I know, you'll lose all your stored songs when you do that, but until Apple decides to provide us with a working USB driver for Windows (like every other "mass storage device" in the world has) we'll all have to suffer.

It did show up as the G: drive- the only other time the G: drive shows up in the profile is when I'd connect a USB storage stick- like one of those small keychain storage devices so you wouldn't think there would be a conflict. I don't have both the Shuffle and USB storage drive plugged in at the same time.
I'll try it again and change the ipod drive letter- thanks !

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