ITunes not recognizing your nano? Here's a possible solution!

Question

I spent 6 hours trying to get itunes to recognize my nano the first time and none of the "troubleshooting" tips worked. I was getting the message "the software to connect with your ipod is not installed properly" when I'd try to connect my nano. Windows was recognizing it, but iTunes wasn't. Here's how I solved the problem.
1. click on the start button in the lower left corner.
2. select Settings and click Control Panel
3. select Administrative Tools (you may need to switch to "Classic Look", located on the left hand side if you're using XP before you can see the Administrative Tools folder)
4. select Services
5. scroll down the list of services on the right hand side of the Services window and look for iPodService
6. look across the iPodService for the Startup Type column (it should will say either Automatic, Manual, or Disabled)
7. double-click on whatever it has listed for iPodService under Startup Type (it will probably have Manual, or Disabled)
8. a pop-up window will appear, under the General tab in the middle of the window will be a drop-down window, select Automatic
9. click Apply
You should be good, to go from here. It worked for me. I recommend re-starting your computer, but it might not be necessary. After I switched iPodService to Automatic I haven't had a lick of trouble connecting my Nano.
I hope this helps.
HP Pavilion 8756c (I think)   Windows XP Pro  

Answer 1

I spent 6 hours trying to get itunes to recognize my
nano the first time and none of the "troubleshooting"
tips worked. I was getting the message "the software
to connect with your ipod is not installed properly"
when I'd try to connect my nano. Windows was
recognizing it, but iTunes wasn't. Here's how I
solved the problem.
1. click on the start button in the lower left
corner.
2. select Settings and click Control Panel
3. select Administrative Tools (you may need to
switch to "Classic Look", located on the left hand
side if you're using XP before you can see the
Administrative Tools folder)
4. select Services
5. scroll down the list of services on the right hand
side of the Services window and look for iPodService
6. look across the iPodService for the Startup Type
column (it should will say either Automatic, Manual,
or Disabled)
7. double-click on whatever it has listed for
iPodService under Startup Type (it will probably have
Manual, or Disabled)
8. a pop-up window will appear, under the General tab
in the middle of the window will be a drop-down
window, select Automatic
9. click Apply
You should be good, to go from here. It worked for
me. I recommend re-starting your computer, but it
might not be necessary. After I switched iPodService
to Automatic I haven't had a lick of trouble
connecting my Nano.
I hope this helps.
HP Pavilion 8756c (I
think)   Windows XP Pro  
I have windows XP and I don't have settings only control panel, but its different. It's for changing the color of your desktop background and all that. Do you know any other way to get to it?