Ipod with Vista - Will not sync

Hello!
I am having trouble with my Ipod syncing with my computer. Before I got this new computer (with Vista) I didn't have a problem and now I don't know what is going on. Basically, when I plug the USB cable in and plug the Ipod to it the computer will not bring up Itunes to sync. Itunes is not recognizing that the Ipod is plugged in. When I plug the USB in, the computer tones, signaling that something has been plugged in. So the computer IS recognizing that something is attached...it's just that Itunes doesn't. When I open Itunes and go to File the option to Sync Ipod is not available.
Any help???? TIA!!

I was able to figure out this problem.
That error message regarding access privileges has nothing to do with what the actual problem is. I've reported this to Apple Support and hopefully, they will change the error message to something more meaningful.
In my case, I originally had a Dell laptop running Windows XP. It crashed, but I was able to salvage the hard drive. I bought this Sony with Windows Vista on it and recovered my iTunes Music folder and restored iTunes with all my music as it looked originally on the Dell running XP.
Even though my playlist was setup correctly, the problem turned out to be that I had stored some of my files in the My Music folder on my Dell. The path to that in Windows XP is \Documents and Settings\User\My Music. In Vista, Documents and Settings has been changed to just Users.
So, what this turned out to be was that it had nothing to do with write privileges on the iPod, it's that iTunes simply couldn't find some of the music listed in my Playlist.
To resolve it, I deleted the entries in the Playlist that were pointing to Documents and Settings and added them again from the new music folder in Vista.
Since doing this, I can now sync my iPod with no issues whatsoever.
I hope this helps anyone else having this problem.

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