Ipods fail to get recognized by itunes but appear in my computer - already tried different solutions

Hello,
i have iPod nano 6th generation 8GB and while it is recognized in My computer it isn't recognized in iTunes. When i plug the device on my mac it recognizes it and synces properly.
When i first plugged my nano on my PC it said it can't be recognized or something like that (i didn't do printscreen on that one) so i proceeded and after i saw itunes downloading software i though this woudl take couple of minutes so i left the PC.
when i came back i couldn't see it anywhere in itunes but i was able to see it in my computer like removable device (only with the nano icon) and i was able to see it in device manager.
I have tried the "iPod troubleshooting assistant" and tried this:
iPod: Appears in Windows but not in iTunes >> http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1363
both without having any success.
i wasn't able to complete 6. "Change your iPod's drive letter" as all of the options weren't available to click on.
also i tried plugging my older iPod clasic that i use it very rarely since i started using my nano and same thing happened! first it said your device can't be detected please restore or something like that (i forgot to make a screenchot again, i know, so stupid).
after that it didn't appeared in itunes and had all they sypmtoms the nano had but i tried doing the restore on my mac and it went great and synced data also but when i plug it back on my PC it was the same old story...
my library is much bigger on my PC and i would like to sync my data from there as i don't want to keep a lot of stuff on my mac's SSD. all things point this is a PC issue (as expected) but i would like to fix things instead of doing a clean win 7 install as i have a lot of supplementary software i need to reinstall.
any help is appreciated in advance.
thanks. mile

Hello Coobyj,
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities!
It sounds like something may have disabled the Apple Mobile Device Service, so I would check that next.
This article should help with that:
How to restart the Apple Mobile Device Service (AMDS) on Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1567
These 2 sections in particular:
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