Itunes wont sync anything to my ipod nor will it authorize my computer!

I just restored my IPod touch 2 gen and went to sync everything back onto it...but itunes will not sync any of my music nor apps that i have previously bought. The message said i had to authorize my computer but and error always comes up! (-42408) PLEASE HELP!!!

Hi bobamilktea,
May I suggest a clean slate? Try and use Microsoft's Cleanup Utility and then reinstall Quicktime/iTunes:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301
Then download and install itunes from here: http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
Now itunes already comes with quicktime but sometimes quicktime doesn't install correctly so, if you need to, you can install quicktime separately from here: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/
I don't know if this will solve your problem however, I was just addressing the fact that if you uninstalled itunes without the cleanup utility, that the problem is still there despite the uninstall/reinstall. Good Luck!
Hi Fourwinns,
Please go to this thread and read Zevoneer's post on some ipod recovery options.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6453347&#6453347

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