ITunes7 & 5th gen iPod updating - is this possible solution? (winXP)

Downloaded iTunes 7 and you've gone through the 5 R's until your red in the face?
* This probable solution 'stumbled upon' using a 60GB video. I have no idea if the process will work the same for nano. But if your desperate and have backed up your library... full steam ahead.
If you've noticed that your iPod does not show up in My Computer, but shows up in iTunes, and the new Update or Restore option within iTunes (Summary tab of a recognized iPod) doesn't work (choosing 'Update' gives you error 1417 and 'Restore' gives you error 1418 - whatever they mean) then give this a try:
1. Restart your computer - just to make sure we're all on the same page
2. Start up/Load iTunes
3. Connect your iPod to your computer - it may take a little time for iTunes to connect to your device
4. When the dialogue box pops up telling you that a new version of firmware (ver. 1.2) is available choose: INSTALL
5. As iTunes shows you a progressive bar of 'installing' (the bar scrolls across again and again) use the "Safely Remove Hardware" option in your taskbar and stop "Apple iPod USB Device". The computer will then tell you that the device can now be removed
6. "Installing" continues... plug in/connect iPod again. The "Install" continues like nothing's happened. Weird, huh?
7. Apple logo and Update status bar should now appear on your dimmed iPod screen (because of no backlight)
8. At this point, dialogue box pops up on computer to tell you that updating continues
9. "Do Not Disconnect" symbol will then show on your iPod
10. Process finishes after a time, and now the Summary tab says the iPod has been updated.
HA!!! If this is all that troubles you - HUZZAH! And I hope this helped.
Now that we've come this far... I've found that when I normally open iTunes and plug in my iPod to aunto-sync, I now get ERROR (-50) -> Mac needs to get a database online or something to tell me what these 'errors' mean so I don't freak out when I get one...
1. Go BACK to the Summary tab or your recognized deive in iTunes. Now choose RESTORE. Make sure whatever is on your iPod can be replaced
2. This part takes time
3. Computer will pop with dialogue box saying that iPod is restored and being changed to factory settings
4. Prompt then pops up for you to name your little iPod. At this stage you can choose to 'Auto-sync songs and vids when connected' or 'Auto-sync photos' and from which directory. It's up to you.
5. iTunes will then thank you for registering your iPod. From this point, the files are copied to your device. Depending on how large your library is affects how long this process takes.
I hope this was helpful to you.
Self-Built PC Windows XP

Didn't work for me, I tried two times.
Seems like the only way for itunes to recognize my ipod is to uninstall itunes, reboot, install itunes and voilà... but no matter what I do next with the ipod (try to upgrade it or not), next time itunes won't recognize the ipod.
I even went back to itunes 6, but no matter how clean the reinstallation was done, it always complained with: "The software required for communicating with the iPod is not installed correctly. Please reinstall iTunes to install the iPod's software."
Apple please fix this!!! Update iTunes 7.0 ASAP!

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