Itunes temporarily recognizes IPods

I have a Win7 SP1 laptop and am having trouble getting ITunes to recognize my IPod classic and Nano 7th gen.
This problem started when I upgraded to iTunes 12.0.1 (64b).   Before this upgrade I had no issues whatever.  When I connect the iPods, Itunes will recognize them and sync them, at most, one time.  When the sync finishes if I try to sync again iTunes tells me that the device cannot be found.  If I restart the computer I can usually get another sync to happen before iTunes loses them again.
I have turned off all of the non-Microsoft and non-Apple processes in the startup manager to make sure there's no softtware conflicts.
I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the 12.0.1 version as well as 10.7 and 10.6.3 but I have the same problem with all versions.  For each installation I made sure that all Apple software was uninstalled (and computer restart) before the next installation.
In each case I made sure that the Apple Mobile Device Support was installed.  I also have tried stopping and restarting the AMDS service.
I have tried all the steps on this page:  iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch not recognized in iTunes for Windows - Apple Support
When I connect the iPods and look in the device manager I see:
Disk drives > Apple iPod USB Device
Portable Devices > My iPod (or whatever I've named them)
I do not see Apple Mobile Device USB Driver under the USB controllers section.    On the TS above there is a section called "If only Apple iPhone, Apple iPad, or Apple iPod appears:"  it states that I should "Right-click the Apple iPhone, Apple iPad, or Apple iPod entry in Device Manager and choose Update Driver from the shortcut menu".  I am unsure if it means to select the "Disk Drives>Apple iPod USB Device"  and then install the indicated driver.  I've tried that but when I click OK it tells me that the driver I've selected is not compatible with the chosen device.
I would appreciate clarification on which device under which section should be selected for the usbaapl64 driver install.
I also think that the iPodService.exe Process and Service may be involved.  I have tried stopping that service so it can be restarted but I can never get it to stop.
Thanks,
Jeff

Hi JCATX,
If you are having an issue with iTunes not recognizing your iPod classic or your iPod nano on you Windows laptop, you may want to troubleshoot using the steps in this article -
iPod not recognized when connected to Windows laptop over USB - Apple Support
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Brett L 

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