Itunes pulls up error stating that ipod service could not be stoped

I got an ipod for christmas and i cant use it because when I go to download the ItunesSetup it says that i have to verify that I have sufficient privileges to stop system services and I dont know how to fix it

FYI - I'm having the same problem. At first, I loaded iTunes successfully, but got a generic pop-up windows error message "iTunes has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience."
I tried the "repair" option from the website and thats were I got the ipod services message.
I noticed my Windows XP was service pack 1 so I loaded Service Pack 2... then I reloaded iTunes and still get the same generic error message.
There has got to be an easy answer, lets hope someone can find it for us.

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