No detection by Windows explorer or iTunes

I can't get iTunes or Windows (my computer) to see my iPod Shuffle.. any ideas why?? I have tried for a while now to get it to detech it without luck. Device Manager sees it, but that is it! and i can briefly get Yamipod to see it, but I want to use iTunes. I previously put the songs on the iPod currently off of another system and the library keeps wanting to erase and sync with it... but I hit cancel because I don't want to sync it with this library but instead just bring it up and add songs to it.

Have you tried these steps yet?
The Five R's
If that doesn't help, have you seen these articles?
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