Ipod nano and Vista; no driver?

New computer with Vista Home Premium... when connect ipod nano it says no drivers. Tried going to the net etc. no answers about where to get a driver to download. Can anyone help?

Don't have Vista, but in reading other posts here they have said just tell it you don't have a disk and let Vista select and driver and load it. You can use the Search Discussions area to the right to learn more.

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