Serious Flaws iPod Updater 9/23/05

This is driving me crazy.
I downloaded the new updater. Now whenever I try to Sync I get a message saying some songs weren't copied because my software is too old and directing me to download the new software. But I have downloaded the new software.
The first time I updated the iPod, it also copied what seemed to be duplicates of about 25% of my songs. The process took about 20 mins on a firewire connection. By the time I finished the update, I'd lost about half of the unused memory on my iPod.
When I try to do download the software again, it won't let me install. When I try opening the latest update directly through Utilities/iPod Updater localized, it won't respond. Force Quit doesn't even work on it.
Help?
I'm using a PowerBook G4 OSX10.3.9 with a 20GB iPod with dock and the four buttons above the wheel.

I'm having the same problem. I downloaded the updater and got the same error message about songs not being transferred due to my iPod software being too "old".
I noticed that my audiobooks genre is empty on the iPod meaning that they didn't transfer at all...
The most irritating thing is that before I updated the software, everything worked just fine.
What do I do in order to get the new software to load onto my iPod?
One thing which may be of importance with this (though it's a guess at best) is that I bought this iPod before I switched to a Mac from a PC. I first used the iPod with a PC and then in order to not lose all the songs I bought on iTunes, etc. I downloaded iPodrip software in order to move songs from my iPod to my new Mac (because it was not going to let me link to another computer for "piracy" reasons I suppose).
When I look on my iPod under the About menu choice it says the format is for Windows, but I don't use it on that computer anymore.
Please advise...
Thanks a lot in advance...!
Rob

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