Itunes songs not copied due to ipod software too old???

p4 3.2g generic pc Windows XP Pro
recently bought ipod video and downloaded all software to update ipod.ipod came back with error of itunes songs could not be copied because your ipod software is too old...it stated that it was 1.1 and that was the latest...tried to reset to factory presets and it stuffs up...little folder icon..eventually got it going....only to plug in next day to find it had same message and all itunes songs wiped. This went on a couple of times ...reseting till it said the ipod was not recognised and a trip down to an apple store where luckily for me were very helpfull(chadstone).however it was in mac format...reset again!!!unplug..replug...move around and finally got it going...so far so good..not keen to unplug till finished loading all songs in case it deletes itunes bought songs again...suspect doggy pc software..apple software works in half the time and always works...at moment not interested in buying a mac...but maybe apple taking a leaf out of bill's book...only with mac..more work needs to be done on pc side...does anyone else suffer from this problem as i would like to hear from them and how they got around it...

I will have to see if they play through the whole song in my library. I know the sampler played prior to purchasing. After I purchased and were added to my playlist I didnt try them to see if they played once purchased in my iTunes acct. I will and let you know. Unfortunately Im not at my computer with my iTunes on it. I appreciate your suggests and help. I will add to this once I find out. Thanks!

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TS3833 I am receiving this error when syncing my ipod: iTunes could not copy "song name" to the iPod "name" because an unknown error occurred (-50). I am using iTunes version 10.6.3.25. Why?

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