Synchronising the IPOD

I have not connected my IPOD to my PC for some time and I am now running iTunes v.7.1. When I now connect my IPOD the PC will not allow it to synch and displays the following - "iTunes cannot synchronise to IPOD because Microsoft Outlook 2003 or later id required". Why is this so when previousley it synchronised perfectly?

Many thanks for your thoughts on this, but when I click on the Contact tab I get a Outlook error message, which when closed also closes down iTunes! I have Contacts 7 Calander turned 'on' on the iPOD and this problem hasn't occurred before. D'you think it's associated with the latest iTunes version?

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on ITunes and I checked the tag Convert
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hello
just a little question...
I've got an iPod 5th Generation, with color display and so on. I really like to have a comfortable and easy synchronisation with my PC, however, the problem's I can't activate the "automatically snychronisation", because if you do that iTunes will suddenly delete all your songs you have on the iPod and not on PC... Why there isn't sort of a function with I can only put the songs on iPod who aren't still on the iPod?! Nothing others, just put them autmatically on iPod...
I lost the half of my complete library last time I tried a few things out with this ******' "synchronisation-function"! As it works now, I can't need it at all
I just like to use my 30GB iPod as a second Harddisk, especially for saving music of course...
Is there something I haven't seen? Otherwise I really have to invest so much time in this **** synchronisation?!?
How do you do that?
THX
DELL Inspiron 9200 Windows XP
DELL Inspiron 9200 Windows XP

Well, unfortunately, that's the way auto sync works. Nothing you can do about it.

My computer restar when i connect the ipod

i´am from Costa Rica sorry for the bad englis.mi computer restart when i connect my ipod and i cant synchronise whit my computer.what i be bound to do.
thanks sorry for the English

Kenichi Watanabe wrote:
So you connect the iPod to an USB port, and then your computer immediately restarts with no further action from you? That's very odd...
Try removing all USB peripherals (including any hubs) except for your keyboard and mouse, and then connect the iPod directly to one of the USB ports on the computer. If that makes it work, connect your devices one at a time.
thanks that works i finally can use my ipod

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