IPod/iTunes problem. Help!

I'm going to make it simple.
Last week my G5 crashed and Darwin came up asking for login. This stank but I got it fixed and now my computer is up and running. But now I am having a problem with iTunes.
I want to update my iPod because I have new thing to put on it and it shows up on my desk top but not in iTunes.
I have tried alot of things to try and fix it but nothing seems to be working. I need this fixed. Can anyone help me out? Do I need to update my OS? I don't see why because my iPod worked perfectly when I got it.
Poawer Mac OS X G5 Mac OS X (10.3.2) Adobe, iPod, iLife '04

Trying to help you here.
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=4431703#4431703

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It should read: 'Owner: YourLoginname'. If it's not, click on the little padlock symbol and change it to the name you use to log in.
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