ITunes confuses iPod Touch with iPhone

Hi everybody
If I plug my iPod touch into the computer itunes gives me following warning:
The software requirde for iPhone is not installed. Run the iTunes installer to remove iTunes then install iTunes again.
The iPod doesn`t appear in iTunes but charges.
Does anybody have an idea what I did wrong?
Thank you very much in advance

my ipod touch worked fine at work until i upgraded to the new itunes. now it can't be seen while plugged in. it charges but doesn't show up in itunes. i have done everything that i have found on the website and still nothing. any suggestions? i also upgraded to the 1.1.3 firmware so i really don't want to have to restore my touch again if i don't have to since i was charged twice for the upgrade (another story all toghether). it still works fine at home. the problem is, i have about 9 days worth of music here at work and i don't want to have to burn all of that to cd's so i can put it on my pc at home.

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