"The iPod could not be restored.An unknown error has occurred (1418)" Help!

Hope someone can please help me.
iTunes is asking me to restore my iPod, but an error occurs each time. This is the chain of events.
1) I connected my iPod to iTunes and it asked if I wanted to update iPod software. I clicked yes.
2) The iPod then changed from a colour screen to a monochrome screen.
3) I then had problems with my USB Connection/Driver which I have now resolved.
4) My iPod asked me to connect to iTunes and restore.
5) I connect to iTunes and the following message appears
"iTunes has detected an iPod in recovery mode. You must restore this iPod before it can be used with iTunes" So I clicked the restore button.
6) The restore progresses until the following message appears
"The iPod 'iPod' could not be restored. An unknown error has occurred. (1418).
Basically I have read everything I could get my hands on to try and solve but nothing seems to work.
Really looking forward to some solution.
Cheers.
iPod 5th Gen Video (80GB)   Windows 2000  

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