Shuffle no longer recognized by, well, anything.

Hello,
I've been reading over the posts on this subject and decided to add another one to the mix. I recently installed iTunes 7.1 against my better judgement, as I'd cancelled dozens of times before. Much to my dismay the shuffle that I own is no longer recognized by iTunes or Windows. I have tried the shuffle reset utility but as my shuffle is not recognized by my computer...it doesn't work. I would appreciate any help that someone might have, and if it's possible to roll my iTunes back to a previous version I'd like to know. Thanks,
Zeddar
Shuffle Windows XP

Hello,
I've been reading over the posts on this subject and
decided to add another one to the mix. I recently
installed iTunes 7.1 against my better judgement, as
I'd cancelled dozens of times before. Much to my
dismay the shuffle that I own is no longer recognized
by iTunes or Windows. I have tried the shuffle reset
utility but as my shuffle is not recognized by my
computer...it doesn't work. I would appreciate any
help that someone might have, and if it's possible to
roll my iTunes back to a previous version I'd like to
know. Thanks,
Zeddar
Suggest you find another computer and see if Shuffle is recognized and apply reset utility to it there.

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