IPT/camera recognition problems

I have a brand new ipod touch, 2nd gen. My computer's running XP and it won't recognize my IPT at all (or, if I have photos on it, it recognizes it as a camera). I've followed the advice on here about updating my driver information from the device manager in my control panel, but it says I already have the recommended driver settings. I've also uninstalled and reinstalled all of the software with iTunes. Every so often it recognizes it but then iTunes doesn't let me sync to it. I've noticed Windows is more likely to recognize it if the battery isn't fully charged...don't know if this is at all relevant. Any help would be wonderful; I'd love to get this thing working.

Thanks for replying! Yes, I've tried all my USB ports, and not using any hubs. I haven't tried a different cord; this one came new with the iPod so I didn't think that would be the problem at first. Maybe I should see about getting a new cord though. I've also read somewhere in these forums that older model computers don't provide the "juice" necessary to connect the IPT and that I should look at an adapter of some sort...

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Hi,
I think we need a little more information.
Are you saying that windows doesn't see your camera or that a version of PSE doesn't recognise a RAW file from the camera?
If windows doesn't see it, the simplest answer is to buy a card reader and use that. I suspect that you may not be able to get a windows 7 driver from Canon.
What was your old system (which presumably would recognise the camera)?
If it is a problem with PSE, which version are you using?
Have you tried Zoombrowser (from Canon) to see if that recognises the camera?
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I took it to my desktop computer, a Compaq, and tried it there. It worked, but not how i was expecting it to work. The battery icon started flashing with the little lightning bolt, acknowledging that it was charging. But the play screen was still there. The odd thing with this is, i left the player to charge for several hours. When i came back, the Zen was in some form of idle shut-down. The screen was black, except for the battery icon with the lightning bolt. Oddly enough, he battery bar hadn't filled up anymore than when i left it. Upon unplugging the player though, the Zen turned off. When i turned it back on, the bar had filled up more. It wasn't fully charged though.
I plugged the cable back into it, and this time, the battery icon WASN'T charging. It just had the play screen on. It wasn't doing ANYTHING this time. Frustrated, i went out and bought the wall charger, and now i have a full battery. But it doesn't solve why my computer won't recognize my player.
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But any help regarding my situation would be greatly appreciated. This is driving me crazy.

I tried my uncle's Zen Vision: M 30GB on my laptop and strange things happened. My laptop recognized the player as an unknown device and said i needed to install the MTP driver. I did that, and upon doing so, my laptop recognized my Uncle's player as a Portable device, allowing me to transfer songs to his player. But it STILL doesn't recognize MY player. Email support says i have to send it in for repairs, but i don't know...
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Warranty is valid only in country of original purchase. You have to return
the iPhone to the US for evaluation. Either you return it personally or send
it to a friend/relative/co-worker in the US to take into Apple. Apple will not
accept international shipments for evaluation nor will Apple ship out of the
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Do you have any other USB devices connected to your Powerbook?
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