ITunes wont write to my shuffle

I have windows xp pro, the latest version of iTunes (6.04) and my shuffle updates using the update program (although only as long as iTunes isnt installed). When I connect my shuffle without iTunes installed windows detects as removeable media and can write to the drive. With iTunes installed the shuffle no longer appears as a drive but iTunes can detect it, but when you try to add a song to it an error message appears saying the drive cannot be read from or written to.
The shuffle works as I tried it on another machine without any problems. I also have an ipod mini which works fine on my machine. I have also tried the version of iTunes on the cd (an earlier version) but this also fails.
shuffle Windows XP Pro
Windows XP Pro

Are you able to close iTunes, run the iPod updater, and restore the shuffle?

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