Ipod touch 4 and iTunes are not Friends

I have a gen 4 iPod touch (64 gig), and for some reason, all of a sudden and without warning it will not back up or properly sync to iTunes.  I can’t determine if the problem is the iPod or the computer.
I have a Gateway laptop running Windows 7 as the o/s.  I have completed virus checks and malware checks with no issues. 
When the iPod is not connected and I start iTunes it will not load the iStore (no error message), but everything will function.  Once I connect my iPod it’s like everything goes into slow motion, and the sync times out.  I am running iTunes 10.5.1.  The iPod is on the previous version, but cannot update it because it times out.
I have tried to uninstall iTunes (and all apple software) and re-install it.  I have even tried to install iTunes 10.3.1 and try to sync it, but I get a prompt that the library is of a newer version and is not compatible.
I have tried to reset the iPod to its original settings without any true success. 
For some reason and this may sound crazy, but once I uninstalled iTunes it seemed to me that my whole computer increased in speed.
I would say that maybe the problem was a firewall issue, but I run AVG freeware (and the standard Windows security) and I do not see any sections with a list of software that has connection limitations.
Any thoughts?

Ok, I have determined that it is iTunes and not the device, because I connected an iPad to iTunes with the same reaction.  This in combination with the fact that iTunes will not bring up the iStore with or without a device attached.
I have turned off the AVG, and the O/S security to see if that might free the connection but it proved ineffectual.
I have tried uninstalling all Apple products again and reinstalling but this has not worked either.
Is there anything I have not tried?  I would hate to have to format…

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