Ipod in "my computer" but won't load in itunes

hi,
i have a very slow computer, so i changed the settings in itunes so every time i connected my ipod, itunes wouldn't start up, but now when itunes does start up it doens't read ipod in the source frame. what should i do?

i just downloaded the ipod updater, and updated it. it started working after that.

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