Two ipods and two user accounts

I have my 5th gen ipod and my girlfriend has a 4th gen.
We both have our own user account and library on my XP machine.
I've upgraded to itunes 7.
My ipod updatesfrom itunes, apart from problems disconnecting from itunes (i haven't upgraded my firmware)
When my girlfriend tries to update her ipod, it tells her that it may be corupted and we should update the firmware.
After all the horror stories in here i thought i'd ask if anyone had done this successfully.
Thanks
Darlo
Athlon Windows XP

When my girlfriend tries to update her ipod, it tells her that it may be corupted and we should update the firmware.
what's the precise wording of that error message, Darlo? there's a bunch of different-but-similarly-worded ones.

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