Ipod to itunes ratings synch

I have selected many songs on my ipod as 5 star ratings, is there a way to import (synch) them into itunes? If I do an automatic update i lose the ratings on the ipod.

Sorry I should have said automatic update of all songs. For example, unless the song is rated w/ 5 stars in itunes the automatic update will erase my rating on the ipod. Any ideas?
Dell Windows XP

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I use my iPod to listen to unrated songs in the car, I rate them with the wheel, and synch to iTunes every few days. I have not established a pattern but I am SURE I am losing some of my iPod ratings. The same songs keep coming up as unrated after a synch which I know I have rated before.
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On your iTunes please reset alert warnings, so that we can see the errors.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2527?viewlocale=en_US
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"The device manager just needed to be prompted to use the driver for an Apple Mobile Device instead. The Apple driver was already in my PC - I just had to prompt the device manager to use it instead of the camera driver it kept installing. Here's what I did:
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