Shuffle is invisible to computer, but does everything else right

Recently when I plug my ipod shuffle into the computer, it charges, but the computer doesn't know it's there. Not on itunes, not on my computer, not on ipod updater.

Go to the iPod Shuffle Support Page and start working through the troubleshooting articles entitled " ...but the computer doesn't know it's there ... " or words to that effect.

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