IPod 5G, iTunes 10.4, Album artwork, Vista

Hello there,
I own an iPod5G (60G), connect to a Vista PC (yes, I know) through iTunes 10.4. I tried to add albums artwork to show on the iPod, to no result.
Practically speaking, I have successfullyf added the artwork to the tags (through TagScanner), the artwork can be seen under iTune, but will not load to the iPod. I tried to locate the option "Display Album Artwork on this iPod" (or similar) on the Music tab of the iTunes window showing my ipod's option... there is no such option! When trying the same while connecting the ipd on my wife's Mac, iTunes shows the option (and by the way it is checked).
So... is there such a difference between iTunes under Vista and on a Mac ?
Is there a way to solve this issue (showing the album artwork on this iPod ?
Thanks in advance for your help. Thanks in advance for not helping through suggestions such as "switch to a Mac, migrate the library to your wife's Mac, are you sure you have artwork in the tags".
Gilbert

All,
OK, it works. I am not sure what made it work, may be going once through a iTunes Mac interface (or maybe I was doing something else wrong, or even maybe it worked all along but I did not notice).
Gilbert

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