My iPod Skips Songs+I Can't Update My iPod

I was playing my iPod and I tried to play a song, instead of playing that one it skipped over 2 or 3 songs and played a different one. After checking to see what all of the songs were that it was skipping, I found out that it was skipping all of the songs that I had bought from the iTunes Store. (It still played all of my songs from LimeWire though.) I tried to correct the problem by plugging my iPod into my computer. I opened iTunes and plugged in my iPod but, it wouldn't go to the screen that shows the iPod's status. I tried re-starting my computer but, it still didn't work. So not only am I left with this problem but, I also can't update and add new songs to my iPod. Can someone please help me?
HP Pavilion Windows XP

Sometimes it can take a lng time to download the update file. Id is 0.7 or so GB. You can try directly downloading and installing the update using the insructions here:
iPod, iPhone and iPad Firmware Download

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