ITunes copies entire library to iPod

For some strange reason since upgrading to iTunes 7, my iTunes attempts to copy my entire library to my iPod with Autosync...i have plenty of room on my iPod, but it's just annoying...i have certain songs unchecked, but it copies them over anyway...in the earlier versions it wouldn't copy those tracks...
Anybody got any advice on this?
  Windows XP  

Selec the iPod in iTunes.
On the Summary tab, tick "Update only checked items".

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