Trouble syncingiPod Nano (2nd gen) with Windows

I recently lost the ability to sync my iPod. It might have started after iTunes was updated to 8.1, but I'm not sure.
I've tried everything. Resetting, uninstalling & reinstalling iTunes, new cord, etc. When I try to RESTORE the iPod, it just hangs for a couple of hours with no apparent progress.
It doesn't show up in Windows as a device. The USB port works with other devices.
Help

i have the same problems, exept mine doesnt even show up on the computer and open itunes and sync, it just does nothing or says "USB not recognised"
i've updated the drivers and still no solution, lso done all of the above
the weird thing is the USB's are also ment to be USB 2.0 but have never realised they are (when it did work it would say that it can perform faster by connecting to a 2.0 port no matter what port it was plugged into)
Please help

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I'm a longtime happy owner of an IPOD Mini and bought
a second Gen IPOD Nano a few months ago that works
great. I have two identical P4 Sony Vaios that I
back up/clone from one to the other every so often to
keep them as identical as possible. It's been some
months though since I've backed up/cloned my primary
laptop to the secondary, and the 2nd Gen Nano isn't
being recognized by ITunes on my primary laptop, only
my secondary laptop. However Windows recognizes the
Nano just fine on the primary laptop on all 3 USB 2.0
ports (I haven't tried my Mini recently), and I can
browse the file system of the Nano, but ITunes just
doesn't see it.
As I mentioned, my secondary laptop works just fine
with the Nano, both Windows XP AND ITunes recognizes
it and can update it, but I don't want to have to use
that computer JUST for updating my IPOD, and pretty
soon I need to back up my primary laptop to my
secondary. I've actually only been holding off on
that because I can't get my Nano to be recgonized by
ITunes with my primary laptop and don't want to screw
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my primary isn't an option, the file system is many
months outdated, I need to get the Nano working with
ITunes on my primary laptop.
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Nano just fine. I can take the hard drive out of my
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the primary laptop in the last few months with no
improvement, so that hasn't helped.
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checked my services and there is only one IPOD
related service that I've found (it's actually called
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any suggestions, please let me know. This has gotten
to be somewhat annoying.
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