Ipod not showing up in Windows/Itunes

when i connect my ipod nothing shows up in my computer. I get an autoplay message that says, "what do you want windows to do.." but there is nothing in the list. And when I hit okay, the ipod doesnt show up in itunes. Once in a blue moon it does show up in itunes and i get a message that says the ipod is corrupted, but as soon as i click okay the ipod disappears from the list in itunes. I have reinstalled itunes, set power management to always let the USB have power, restarted, ect ect. But nothing so far. The ipod hardware itself cant be the problem because it comes up fine in my firends computer. Could it be my computer?? Idk thx! Also this just started happening w/ the new update of 7.0 in itunes...

Try the new shuffle reset tool.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303979

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