Ipod is not recognized by computer

I've tried everything to get my ipod connected to my computer. i don't think it's the ipod b/c it will connect and work to my dad's computer...any ideas on what else i could try?
i've removed the programs and tried re-installing a few times, still nothing.
hope someone can help...asap

I had the same problem, and Toonz posted a fix which worked:
1. Quit iTunes and disconnect the iPod.
2. If you have the iPodService running -- Right click task bar, select "Task Manager", click on Processes tab. If you find "iPodService.exe" in the list, select it and stop it.
3. Register Atl.dll manually. In Windows, click Start, and then click Run.
The Run dialog box appears. In the Open box, type "regsvr32 atl.dll". Hit return. Do you get a message? What does the message say?
4. Then in Windows, click Start and then click Run. Type in "cmd", hit return. In the dialog that comes up, at the prompt type in everything exactly as follows:
C:\"Program Files"\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe /service
5. Run iTunes and connect the iPod back up to it.
Hope this helps...as I said it worked for me.
It has something to do with a missing dll, which was presumeably blown away by some other program (that's whet the apple protagonists are saying). I started with a fresh install of XP SP2 on a newly formatted partition. Itunes 4 worked fine, but Itunes 5 did not. Nothing else changed...so iTunes 5 is guilty as far as I'm concerned. I'm assuming Toonz doesn't work for Apple, which means if it were up to them Apple I'd still be short one iPod.
Good Luck.

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