IPod 40gig 4G seen in windows but not iTunes

So this ipod is a couple years old and has worked flawlessly. I've never had an issue with itunes until now. When I upgraded to version 7 I started seeing weird behavior. It would only find the ipod intermittently. Once it found it I restored it to factory settings with the newest update and it worked fine.
Then the newest update happened and suddenly I'm back to itunes not seeing the ipod. I've tired everything in the 5 step they tell you except reloading the ipod software. Which would be lovely to do but since its reintegrated in to itunes and itunes currently isn't finding the ipod... well you get the idea.
Sometimes iTunes will pause as if its finding it, but then wont find anything. Windows however has no issue finding the ipod regardless of if I have it plugged in with firewire or usb 2.
I've even reloaded my computer from scratch, and installed the newest itunes clean and still no difference. Again this didn't start happening until version 7 reared its ugly head.
Anyone have any ideas?
PC   Windows XP Pro  

Have you seen this Apple help on your probelm?
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93716

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