Ipod isnt recognized by itunes software when plugged in! Wont sync library

recently purchased an HP Pavilion laptop--loaded my ipod software onto it--i already had done the same with my desktop 3 years ago and everything worked fine. Software loaded fine-no probs, but when I brought ipod up--i can access library but not songs on ipod(greyed out). From my desktop I backed up my song list and was able to successfully put it in laptop--but it still wont let me access my ipod when its plugged in, it wont sync any new music from library, or that I imported!(new music that I import goes into library though) The only thing that was weird after i put the software onto my laptop--it wasn't my library that came up--so i deleted the 10 songs that were on there and then downloaded my music into it which worked fine--but I can't read anything on my ipod--steps I've taken so far are to 1-install latest version of itunes, restart ipod, authorize use of computer (which said now 2 of 5 computers were authorized)...any suggestions????pretty please

Yes, the list on my computer of what is in my iPod library is grey, not black font. I tried "manual" but it will not allow me to drag anything to the iPod. Not even newly purchased music.
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... quickly doublechecking, just in case. After selecting "Manually manage ..." in the device tab for the iPod in iTunes, did you click "Apply"?

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