IPod shows up in "My Computer" but not iTunes...please help!

Ok so I have a 8gb iPod nano 5g and my computer is Windows XP running Service Pack 3. I have iTunes fully updated, I know this is so because I have completely uninstalled and reinstalled everything related to iTunes 3 times now. I have looked all over Apples support pages, scoured every possible solution to my problem, but nothing is working. Every time I connect my iPod to my computer, a message in iTunes pops up saying "An iPod has been detected, but it could not be identified properly. Please disconnect and reconnect iPod and try again." Yes I have googled that exact phrase and looked at every website that offers solutions that don't work for me.
I know that the problem is not the cable, I have tried 3 different cables and none of them work. When I connect it to my parent's Toshiba laptop running XP SP3 and up to date iTunes, the iPod syncs and works perfectly. In addition, the iPod shows up in "My Compter" but when iTunes then pops up, it no longer appears...I am really at wits end and if I can't figure out what to do the next option is probably snapping this thing in half, because I don't want to pay the money to send it to Apple. Thank you for any help.

Look in Troubleshooting in the iPod 4th Gen User Manual pdf and follow the 5 R's. That should replace whatever in the iPod doesn't permit iTunes to see it.

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