The computer says the USB device is not recognized

I have had my iPod for almost a year now and I have not had any problems with it up until now. About a week ago, my computer stopped recognizing my iPod. It showed up on the computer as an unknown device. The computer had been recognizing it before, and I was downloading from iTunes and nothing was going wrong. I plugged my iPod into another computer to see if the iPod or the cable were the problem, but the other computer recognized it. I do not think it is a problem with this computer because other USB devices work in it. I tried every USB port on the computer. I already looked at the troubleshooting page for this problem, and that did not work. Can anyone help me?

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