"ipod requires itunes 7"

i had itunes 7 on my comp, which is total rubbish for playback so i have reinstalled itunes 6 and the playback is way better and it doesnt skip every two seconds.
But now when connecting my ipod it says cannot use craigs ipod requires itunes please download.
Anyone know anyway around this cos i really really dunt wanna put itunes 7 back on cos its rubbish.
really need help here.
xx

Well, 1) that doesn't help me with my problem so there wasn't much point posting it and 2) by "rubbish" i mean not very good, bad - if you would. Or - Rubbish n - waste matter; rubble; litter; trash. As i explained in the original post, playback was the issue, in particular chronic skipping of playback, which i don't get in itunes 6 and its actually a common problem if you read the boards.

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