HT1363 Ipod won't show up in Windows Vista

Have a IPOD Classic, and for Windows Vista (Business) Edition, it does do the "tone" for Windows Vista,
But it won't show up in Device Manager at all. Tried reloading Itunes and that didn't help.
Also tried moving to other USB ports and that doesn't help either.
Is there any way to get the USB drivers into Vista, since there is "no download for Microsoft Vista Drivers," that I've located any where?
Or will I need to move to Windows 7, but not sure that will help anything at all either?
Thanks for any help that anyone has.

Hey Stevestone624,
I would follow the steps in this article if your iPod doesn't appear in iTunes and also doesn't appear as a disk drive in My Computer:
iPod not recognized in My Computer and in iTunes for Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1369
Welcome to Apple Support Communities!
Cheers,
Delgadoh

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