How to prevent iTunes from automatically updating iPod?

On the Mac, you can hold down Command+Option to prevent iTunes from automatically updating the iPod when it's plugged in.
Is there any similar keystroke for a PC? I don't want to have to login as a Guest user, as describe in this article: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93779
Thanks in advance!
iBook G4 1.33 GHz / iMac DV G3 / iPods: color 20 GB, mini 4GB   Mac OS X (10.4.6)  

Hold down the Control, Shift, and Alt keys while connecting the iPod to the Windows machine.
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