IPod nano 8gig recognized by Windows .. not (reliably) in iTunes

I've got Win2k SP4 installed on this machine, as well as iTunes 7.0.2.
When I connect my iPod to the machine, it will charge and I'll be able to mount the device as a removable disk. If it shows up in iTunes at all, it does so very very slowly.
I am running a 2.5ghz celeron and the combination services.exe + iPodService.exe are using 99% of my CPU at all times when the iPod is connected. This constant consumption of CPU cycles does not go away over time - I have let the machine run for hours with this not going away.
In addition, I have tried the 5R's as suggested in the manual. Because it does not always show up in iTunes, I am not consistantly able to try them. When it is there, however, I have tried both restore and update but both operations just hang.
I just bought this iPod today .. someone please help me.

Have no idea what you are talking about. As far as I know of you are the only person that has had an issue with breaking Apple's software. Call Apple to get further help as they may be the only one's that can tell you exactly what is going on.

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