HELP!!!! ipod unknown error 1418

Hi if any one could help me asap i would be very grateful… the problem is:
i have a ipod photo 20gb, i try to restore it from itunes 7 and half way of restore it show me this message "unknown error 1418".
After that i try to reset my ipod, it restart, show a apple logo than displays a folder icon with an exclamation point, and it keep repeat this process and i cant even shut it down.

One more voice! I did the whole uninstall thing with iTunes 7 and carefully removed every last vestige of Apple crap. When I reinstalled it, the restore progress bar took a lot longer to fail (like 5 min. compared to 15 sec. prior) but still snubbed the 1418 error at me.
Since this is an HP shuffle, Apple won't even give me the time of day, even though it is a shuffle, just like any other, but it has an HP graphic on the back. The HP support people (in Bangalore?) so far have not been much help. Oh, the Apple technical arrogance....

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I had the unknown error 1418, but I finally found a solution (with the help of this discussions). I hope this to be useful for you.
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Name: IPOD (It's real name was "iPOD de Samuel García Vargas")
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Software Version: 2.3
Serial Number: xxxxxxxxxxx (It's correct serial number)
Format: Windows
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