Itouch not recognized by Windows XP

I have both an itouch and iphone. The iphone syncs just fine. The itouch doesn't even show up anywhere (i get the camera thing at the beginning)
I have reinstalled itunes 8. My itouch has the 2.2 upgrade already.
I have tried everything on this forum and other sites and got nada.
Please help.

Do you have Windows XP "Media Center Edition"? Because if you do, the Touch is not compatible with that. It took us about 6 phone calls and 5 hours on the phone for someone to tell us that.
The Touch later worked perfectly on another computer with Vista.
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