Ipod shuffle second gen won't sync properly

Does anyone else have an Ipod and a Netgear SC101? It appears there is a conflict with the drivers. Unfortunately I can't really afford to replace the SC101 with an alternate form of storage and there really isn't a replacement for the shuffle on the market.
Here's the main issue. Starting from a freshly reset ipod (using the reset utility) iTunes opens and offers to rename and fill my iPod. If I say OK, I get an iPod full of music from my music library. If I say no, and I try to sync the iPod at any point in the future, I get disk write errors. Also, after the initial sync specified above, further syncs do not work. I can't change any settings, I can't upgrade the software, etc.
Any help? The guys on the netgear forum seem to be struggling with this as well. I refuse to believe I will never be able to use my shuffle and my "toaster" on the same PC.
Please, please, please help.

On a related topic, is there a plan to update the iPod reset utility to restore the 2nd gen shuffle to 1.0.3? I'm not sure what it fixes, but as it stands I can't update using iTunes.
Also some additional information: After I reset using the utility, the iPod shows up in My Computer as a separate drive. Also iTunes starts automatically and asks to sync it. As soon as I take any action, the iPod drops off as an available drive.
I think one method to fix this may be to provide some default values in the reset utility. I would like to enable the shuffle for disk usage and change the default playlist to sync with. If this happened during the reset (which is the only way I currently have to change the music on my shuffle) I might have a chance of future syncs without resets.

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