Trouble properly connecting Shuffle to PC

Question

We use Windows Vista Home Premium, iTunes v8.0.1
My son has iPod Shuffle. He once had registered this Shuffle on PC1 but
since PC1 is not longer being used, his Shuffle is now used on PC2.
Whenever we connect Shuffle to PC2 and try to open up his iTunes library, there is a message
that states something like "Your iPod is registered on two PCs. iTunes library can only be registered on one PC. Would you like to erase contents from iPod?"
If we answer "no" to above, Shuffle is not recognized by PC2.
If we answer "yes" to above, the operation will delete entire contents from Shuffle and then we must everytime manually copy contents from iTunes library to Shuffle so we can listen to music from the Shuffle.
I tried initializing Shuffle to its factory state but above message still comes out.
Does anyone have any idea how to solve such message from showing up each time?

Answer 1

IMO, you have 2 options:
1. Allow iTunes on PC2 to sync the iPod (click 'yes' to the question you cited); every time this has happened to me, the messages stopped after I synced the Shuffle to the 'new' computer.
2. There are 3rd-party [that is, non-Apple] free utilities available on the web that will allow you to copy the Pod's contents to the PC before the syncing process erases the Pod, so you won't 'lose' any of that content.
Disclaimer: I'm a Mac-guy, so the advice I give you is based on my experiences w/ iTunes and iPod Shuffles on Macs, and it is possible some things work differently on PCs that I am unaware of.