I can't sync music and iTunes no longer recognizes my early nano.

I have an early nano, 2G storage.  Original install was on my desktop, which had a harddrive crash.  Reinstalled on laptop while desktop was being fixed, no problems for a while.  Put back on desktop once repaired.  I can no longer sync music to my nano from either computer, iTunes on the desktop does not recognize the nano when it is attached, and iTunes and iStore don't recognize my name or password.  I'd really like to update my playlist.  What are my possible solutions?

Hello Christinaaa_,
The following article provides some useful troubleshooting that can help resolve this issue.
iOS: Troubleshooting USB-related alerts when syncing
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS5254
Cheers,
Allen

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