Help! itunes won't recognize ipod the second time

Hey,
So, itunes wouldn't recognize my ipod and the ipod didn't show up in itunes, so i uninstalled itunes and plugged in the ipod again. Then it worked! I synched the ipod and unplugged it. A day later i wanted to synch it again, but itunes didn't respond to the ipod being connected to the computer. So i uninstalled and reinstalled and it worked again, but as last time, it wouldn't show up in itunes the second time i tried to connect the ipod. 
What is up with that!!?
I shouldn't be necessary to uninstall itunes everytime i wanna synch
Help!

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