Ipod unable to use due to Mobile device Serivce not being started.

When I connect my Ipod touch to my Windows XP computer iTunes recogines it, however a message comes up saying " This ipod cannot be used because the apple Mobile Device Service in not started. I have connected other Ipods into the computer and they have been recognised and synced fine. What can I do to overcome this problem??
Jack

Hey Jack,
You can try manually starting the Apple Mobile Device Service as described in this article:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307078
You'll probably want to uninstall and reinstall iTunes if this continues to happen. The steps are listed in the same article under "Remove and reinstall iTunes and AMDS."
Jason

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