Plug it in; XP Pro locks up

When I plug in the shuffle dock to a USB 2.0 port, here's what happens: a window pops up showing the contents of the shuffle and it is recognized as drive i:, next, the mouse cursor locks and immediately the entire OS locks, and must be restarted by turning off the PC by holding the power button in for 7 secs. In other words, the shuffle locks up the system.

Meaning all my about 20 USB devices? Or external hard drives? It's already easier to just open iTunes first and accept that the Apple software doesn't cut it.
I don't mean permanently disconnect them.
Just to troubleshoot the issue.
Geez.
Sounds to me like you have a drive letter conflict.
See this -> http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93499
where are the snippets of each song so you can ID it before buying?
Just double click any song in the store to play it for 30 seconds.

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