No communication with ipod after upgrade

I put off upgrading iTunes for as long as I could, then got to a point where it would not allow me to purchase without an upgrade. So I went through the upgrade steps last night, only to find that when I open new and upgraded iTunes, it pops up an error message that says "iPod Service cannot be deleted." iTunes starts regardless, but when I hook up my iPod, it says the software required to communicate with the iPod is not installed correctly, and to reinstall iTunes to fix this. I have uninstalled and reinstalled everything related to iTunes and my iPod, to NO AVAIL. I have not, however, uninstalled Quicktime. Will this somehow help? Is it preferable to get the iPod software to reinstall off the cd or the site?
I am FRUSTRATED because I was PERFECTLY HAPPY with my iTunes experience the way it was, but this so-called "upgrade" and "improvement" has now rendered iTunes completely worthless to me. HELP!!!
HP   Windows XP  

You will be very happy with this upgrade, you now have a ton more of features. whats happened is the iPod service that runs in the background of windows and helps the PC communicate with iPod is not installed right. when you remove iTUnes you should remove wquicktime too. go here and follow these steps http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93976
When reinstalling iTUnes make sure antivirus and security programs are disabled til the install is complete

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