IPod not recognized in iTunes for Windows

before you point me to the "official" article, let me tell you, i've tried all that. it didn't work. i have a 4th gen iPod, with the latest software update. every time iTunes has told me that it doesn't recognize my iPod, i have restored it, and it worked just fine. this has happened at least 3 times in the past week, and it's really upsetting. also sometimes when i open iTunes, it freezes, and does this at least 3 or 4 times, and when it finally works i get "Unkown Error (-42408)" or something like that, and after that, i'm told my iPod isn't recognized. what the heck is going on?

now it's working? i just went to Store>Authorize This Computer and "authorized" it, even though it is already, then i plugged in my iPod and it magically works. ?????

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