ITunes simply doesn't recognize either of my ipods

Have had iTunes and multiple ipods - haven't synced either of my ipods in awhile, and when I plug either of them into the computer (which has always worked fine in the past), absolutely nothing happens. No error messages, no weirdness, nothing. The ipods both charge like normal, but absolutely nothing else happens. They don't appear in iTunes, etc.
Any ideas??
Thanks

Hi Tanskalinen,
If you are having issues with iTunes not recognizing some of your devices on your Windows machine, you may find the following article helpful:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1538
Regards,
- Brenden

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