IPod not being recognized by computer or iTunes

This is all of the sudden; I plug my iPod into my computer and - nothing.
I tried starting and stopping it through My Computer, upgraded iTunes, unplugged and plugged and everything, toggled the Hold button and still nothing. All my iPod is doing is charging.
Thanks

I HAVE THE ANSWER!
If you go into your device manager, is there a little red x or yellow exclamation point next to the necessary drivers?
Right click and select Update Driver Software.
Click Browse My Computer and enter in C:\Windows\System32
Windows will find the iPod and so will iTunes!
YAY for music and stuff!
This took me about a week to unearth, but it was worth it, and I felt it should be shared
~Sarah

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Hey everyone, I've read some of the other posts here on this thread about other people having problem getting their computer to recognize the new 4 GB iPod Shuffle when plugged into the USB drive, and it seems like I am having a very similar issue. I just received my iPod in the mail a few days ago and tried plugging it into the USB and got NO response whatsoever from my computer or iTunes. I am operating with Windows XP (Service Pack 3) on a Dell Inspiron Intel processor, 2 GHz with 3 GB RAM, with iTunes 8.1 (just updated). When I put something in my USB usually I hear a noise (sounds like DO-do ha) which tells me that my laptop recognizes whatever is plugged in, and usually I get a little box in the bottom right hand part of the screen that says it's been plugged in. I didn't get any of this when I plugged it in.
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so after my ipod wiping i connected it to my pc
and it was like
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so i clicked the reformat button but my internet didn't work
so i switched pc's to my brother's (same op system)
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(even though the connected, do not disconnect screen came up)
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