IPod Touch not connecting - all support methods tried.

I'd just like to say right off the bat that I've already tried every method on the support pages that has anything to do with an iPod not connecting or not being read into iTunes. That means I've reset the iPod, completely uninstalled the reinstalled iTunes(several times), reinstalled the drivers in the Device Manager, etc.
So, here's the deal: I'm currently running iTunes 8 on Windows XP 32-Bit. My iPod Touch used to be able to connect to my computer, but for some reason a few months ago it started having problems. When it first stopped working, it showed up in the Device Manager as "Apple iPod" under Imaging Devices. However, "Apple Mobile Device Support" showed up under Universal Serial Bus Controllers.
Since it was reading the device as a camera, I found online that to fix it you install the USBAAPL driver onto the iPod by manually updating the driver. The Wizard did not see the USBAAPL driver as an improvement on the current driver and thus refused to install it. I therefore tried deleting the current driver, but it still only reinstalled the generic usb driver. After much fiddling around, "Apple Mobile Device Support" in the USB Controllers section eventually changed to "Apple Mobile Device USB Driver." I tried updating this driver, and that made "Apple iPod" stop appearing in the Imaging Devices category.
Where I'm at now is, every time I plug in the iPod, the only change in Device Manager is that "Apple Mobile Device USB Driver" shows up in USB Controllers. When I plug the iPod in, iTunes freezes up for a minuter or two even though every other program is running perfectly fine, which makes me think that it's recognizing the iPod on some level. But it still won't show up in iTunes and (now that it isn't seen as a camera anymore) won't show up in My Computer anymore.
Does anybody have any clue how I might . . . you know . . . make use of my investment? Or is Apple just selling very expensive paperweights now? Like I've said, I've been trying fix after fix from all the support pages that have anything to do with the iPod not connecting.
Any help would be very much appreciated.

It really sounds like you spent too much time fiddling with drivers and have gotten things really messed up.
I would start this way if it was my machine:
1. In the Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs - remove everything Apple. That includes iTunes, Apple mobile device services, QuickTime and anything else.
2. Reboot your computer
3. Download and install the latest version of iTunes. Let the software do the full install and don't mess with Custom install if offered.
4. Reboot again.
5. Try your iPod and see what happens. If your iPod is still not recognized, use this article to troubleshoot http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1567
6. If it is recognized as a camera, use this article: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1857
If it continues to be a problem, you are probably going to have to do some registry editing to clear out the errors or possibly a reinstall of XP. Hopefully not.

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