Sync in 2 computers without losing 2.0 update.

Hello,
first of all I would like to apologize for my english, but I am Greek.
Anyway, I would like to ask you, if anyone of you, knows how can I sync my Ipod Touch to my second computer, without losing the 2.0 update I have already paid for. I have done the update to my laptop and now I want to use my desktop. I think that there is a way of doing this with the January Update, by transfering a file from the first computer to the second one. Is it the same for the 2.0 update?
Thank you in advance for your time!

As far as I'm concerned, once you have updated your ipod to 2.0, it'll stay there even after you restore it to the factory mode. Just make sure that you have installed the latest itunes version for both PC and laptop and transfer all the applications to the new itunes or just download new the same application to the PC. This once happened to my touch. I got a 2.0.1 update and it was restored from another computer. What I did was just to sync the restored ipod with my PC. Hope this will help.

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