Ipod causes Windows Vista to stutter

Hi,
I have recently upgraded to Vista and when i plug my ipod in, it causes my system to slow to a crawl and stutter, mouse moves really slowly, things take ages to action. I had this problem when i installed my USB hard drive, but that seemed to cure itself after a day or so.
Please can somebody help me, i have am desperate to update the songs / vid on my Ipod.
Many thanks
Ben

The same thing happens to me when I plug in my Iphone 3G. I am running Windows 7

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And given that Vista has been available in Release
candidate version for ages and that the release date
has been known for ages, shouldn't apple have made
the effort to make itunes compatible with Vista?
After all, the vast majority of itunes users live in
Windows land.
perhaps you should familiarise yourself with the common usage and implications of the symbol string
but as you clearly aren't familiar with it, if i took your question seriously, which i don't, then the answer is no...
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that'll be apple then won't it
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