Syncing Selected Playlists

I have searched the forums for a while now, I can see many problems like this but cant seem to find a solution whether that means there isn't one or not I do not know but here goes!
Bought myself an 80GB 5G iPod, I have synced most of my albumns on, a few video files and that is it. I have created a few Smart Playlists and have most, of the default Smart Playlists. The problem I am having is in choosing which playlists get synced under the "Music" and "Movies" tabs on the summary page.
When on the "Music" tab its settings, at present, are to:
Sync All Music
All Songs & Playlists
Include Music Videos
Display Albumn Artwork
When on the "Movies" tab its settings are:
Sync Movies
All Movies
When I change these settings to have specific playlists synced under each tab, eg, "Video Playlists One" checked to sync on the "Movie" tab and not on the "Music" tab (and vice versa) and click Apply it says it has synced, after some time and that it is okay to disconnect. I do so, and nothing has changed on the playlists and when I re-connect the iPod it has all changed back to the default settings i listed above. Is there a way to stop it doing this, getting fed up with it now!
Thanks, in advanced for any suggestions/solutions!
Windows XP Pro

I tried the restore button which returned the error "The iPod could not be restored. An unknown error occured (1418)". After googling this I followed these instructions on the apple website: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304508
Completed all steps from 1-5 and tried to restore it again, the same error message ("1418") appears.
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