IPod not showing up in windows or iTunes...HELP ME!!!!

PLZ HELP ME!!! i need to know what i can do to fix my iPod...i already tried reseting it and the whole thing with the hold button!!!! the problem really is that when i hook up the dock connector to the iPod..the iPod doesn't light up like usual..yes it is charged so that isn't the problem....oh plz help me!!

We've had this problem since the release of iTunes 7
The problem is NOT the iPod (we've got several replaced from Apple). The problem is iTunes and some Windows-drivers.
Still, we haven't found which drivers that causing the problem, but if you install a new copy of Windows XP with SP1 and the iTunes, it works. But after installing a couple of programs, SP's etc, it fails!
Then iTunes says your iPod is corrupt and want you to restore it. When trying that, it stops and says it can't do that. Changing drive letter etc doesn't help either.
However, if you use an older version like 6.0 it works but ONLY if you have NOT installed 7.0 -> before. Uninstalling 7.0 want work.
This is something we have reported to Apple but they don't care about it at all. Which not is so bright as you can replace the iPod during your waranty and that cost Apple alot of money and time.
"We" are 9 computer technican's and all of us have iPod's. This message is only valid for iPod's over 30GB. iPod Nano etc is NOT affected

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