ITunes won't recognize iPod but Windows does.

At first neither Windows nor iTunes recognized my iPod mini. I reinstalled my driver and Windows can now recognize the iPod but iTunes won't. When I connect the iPod the "do not disconnect" message stays on my screen but nothing happens in iTunes. Can anyone help me?
iPod Mini Windows XP

Thread: computer not seeing iPod
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=876145&tstart=0
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