IPod touch not showing up in 'My Computer?'

Hello all,
I want to import some of my pictures from my iPod touch to my Windows Vista laptop (using these directions: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4083), but my iTouch is not showing up in 'My Computer.' It shows up in iTunes, although I am not sure if it is through the wi-fi sync or the USB cord. However, when I open up Device Manager, my iTouch shows up under portable devices with a yellow exclamation mark triangle.
How should I fix this? Or does anyone else have any other ways to import photos (other than emailing it to yourself and manually downloading each image)?
Thanks!

Whew! Now that I have revisited the problem, I realized that my computer had not installed the Mobile Driver Device. After restarting four times and uninstalling/reinstalling iTunes twice, I have finally got it to work! Hooray for technology!

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the only time the iPod touch will show up in windows explorer is when there are 'Saved Photos' on it. Photos which have been obtained on the iPod touch, either via screenshots (hold the home button and the power button at the same time to get a screenshot), from safari (when browsing the internet, hold your finger on a picture to bring up an option to save it), or from emails. then you will be able to access the ipod in windows explorer in order to access these photos and move them to your PC.
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Follow these steps to place your iOS device into recovery mode. If your iOS device is already in recovery mode, you can proceed immediately to step 6.
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If necessary, open iTunes. You should see the following "recovery mode" alert:
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About a year ago, a friend used iTunes on my computer (WinXP Pro) using HIS account/Apple ID, and connected HIS iPod to my PC to "sync" (I'm not sure what he was trying to accomplish, but my computer and his iPod were definitely conected via cable). He no longer needs to use my computer to access iTunes.
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Hi lllaass, thanks for your reply. Here are my results, and related follow-up questions, so far:
lllaass wrote:
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OK, done, AND DE-authorized for his account (tried this even before I posted).
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When I highlight one of his apps (for example) and select DELETE, a pop-up window opens, warning me that the app will ALSO be deleted from any device "which syncronizes with your iTunes library". How can I be certain that this is not affecting his stuff? Is that ONLY possible if he connects one of his devices to my computer via cable? Is there NO chance that it happens via wi-fi (we share the same wi-fi connection regularly), or even via the cloud?
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