ITunes error -50 - iPod cannot be updated

Hi,
I've updated iTunes to the most recent version (5.0.0.35) on Windows XP. When I try to update my iPod (4th Gen Click Wheel, most recent iPod update (september's) run) everything is fine. When I try to update with Outlook's contacts, that's fine as well. When I try to update with Outlook's calendar I get the following error message...
'The iPod "....." cannot be updated. An unknown error occurred (-50)'
Any ideas out there? Let me know what other infor you may need.
Thanx in advance!!

Same issue here, only I get:
"The ipod ** cannot be updated. An unknown error occurred (-4)"
I've never seen a -4 error and can't seem to locate anyone else that has, either, but on a hunch I disabled my Outlook Calendar synching and it went away. Contact synching still seems to work, however.
What a great feature! Hope Apple fixes this soon! =/

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