Shuffle will not connect to iTunes
I am running Windows Vista with the latest release of iTunes. My daughter just got an Shuffle for the holidays. I was able to connect the shuffle once to my PC but now I can not connect it to I am running Windows Vista. I was able to connect it once to the PC and register it, but now it will not reconnect to iTunes. The PC sees the shuffle connect and recognizes it as an iPod in the device manager. iTunes,however, just hangs and will not work at all. After a few minutes I pull the shuffle out of the dock and iTunes operates again, but I get a warning telling me to reset the Shuffle to the factory default settings using the tools in the iTunes Summary. BUT iTunes will not recognize the shuffle so I can not do this!! Argh! Anyone have any ideas?
I hope the solution is as "simple" as mine. After spending hours trying to get itunes to recognize my Ipod and talking to support, I discovered that I did not have the ipod locked into the Dock.
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