Itunes cant communicate with Ipod

I bought a new computer, a Toshiba A505 with Windows 7 and downloaded the 64 bit version of Itunes 9.0.3, when I open Itunes, I get a message box that says "the software required to communicate with the Ipod is not installed correctly. Please reinstall Itunes to install the Ipods software."
What do I do?

So...
You have updated to iTUNES 5.0 and iPOD Mini version 1.4?
Some reports are up around the web about people having iPOD update problems after installing iTUNES 5.0.
Apparently, Apple will be issuing an update next week to fix the problem.
My iPOD updates fine, but I am getting a pop at the beginning of each song when I play iTUNES through my stereo using my Airport Express with Airtunes.
Never had a popping problem with the previous version.

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