I just bought a new nano today and I'm trying to download music to it from my itunes account but when I connect it to my computer a window appears and says an ipod has been detected but not identified properly. What does this mean?

How can I get my ipod nano connected to itunes?

What you have on your computer is your iTunes library, not an "account." 
Did you download and install the latest version of iTunes, which is available here?
https://www.apple.com/itunes/
If you have an earlier version, it may not support the most recent iPod nano, which could explain why Windows does not have the device driver to identify it.

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