My iPod touch 5 doesn't show up in my itunes

my iPod touch 5th gen doesn't show up in my iTunes when i plug it into my computer. i am using an original apple cable

Start with some basic steps:
- Restart both your computer and iPod
- Try another usb cable
- Try another usb port in the computer
- Make sure iTunes is up to date
- Temporarily disable any security software and/or firewalls
For further troubleshooting steps have a read through the article below based on your computers operating system:
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for OS X
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows
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The following article provides some useful troubleshooting that can help get your iPhone and iPods to reappear in iTunes.
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538
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So I've been reading the support site and this forum for 2 days and I know this is a common problem, but I've tried everything.
Environment:
PC w/ Visa SP1 (Intel 975XBX Motherboard)
32GB iPod Touch (new with 1.1.4 software)
After many itunes reinstalls using all the hints about complete removal and iPod resets I always end up in the same place:
iPod shows up under MyComputer
Driver gets installed by Vista and reported as good.
Under device manager iPod shows up under external devices.
Under device manager there is NO entry for Apple Mobile Device under the USB port section.
After a call to Apple tech support, they said it is a PC problem with the USB mass storage driver. I got new versions of BIOS and driver inf files from the Intel website for my motherboard but still get the same results.
Any hints ? Apple has pointed the finger at the PC and is no longer any help.

I have the same problem as well, my new laptop doesn't recognize my ipod touch either(16gb) though i plugged my brother's ipod shuffle on an my laptop picked it up. The only difference between my old comp (that picked up my itouch) and my laptop is that the laptop has vista and my pc has xp. The only thing i could think of doing would be redownloading the driver for my itouch to my laptop but i couln't find anything to that nature.
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ey everyone I'm having some trouble I'm currently running windows vista and when I plug my touch into my computer it doesn't show up on iTunes? Anyone got any idea how I can fix this? I already tried uninstalling and reinstalling iTunes but it didn't work , any help would be greatly appreciated!

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1 open the device manager or windows button + r is run and then type devmgmt.msc
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3 once u find the apple ipod do a right click on it and click on uptade driver software
4 take the manualy opcion or browse on my computer and then look for this folder on your computer C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\Drivers
there should be the driver that itunes recognize and your windows wont recognize your ipod as a camera again but i repeat u have to make sure u have installed the apple mobile device support u can get it by extracting the itunes+quicktime package using winrar. so click on update or next what ever on the update process and next time itunes will open your ipod for sincying thanks to forums ilounge.com
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- If the iPod has a screen-lock passcode, try backing up to iTunes and then restore from that backup. The n try importing the photos. Next try on another computer
- If you used PhotoStream then try getting them from your PhotoStream. See that topic of:
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