IPod Touch recognized by iTunes, but not Vista

I've recently re-installed vista and now I have a recognition issue. When connecting the ipod for the first time since the re-install it does the usual "new hardware found" and tells me that the ipod is ready for use only it won't show in My Computer, or in the list of devices I can safely remove. iTunes recognizes it, and so does Device Manager, which is odd. Whenever I connect the iPod windows makes the usual device connected sound, but it never shows in My Computer which means that other media programs I might want to use to transfer music to and from the iPod won't recognize it either. I've gone through the steps for the usual "not recognized by iTunes" and "recognized as a camera" troubleshooting since my problem doesn't seem to be as common as those. So far I've got no luck. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance

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