Two ipods+ two xp users - one computer  = AAaarghhh

Please any help appreciated, i'm pulling my hair out over this.
My girlfriend has just moved in.
I've got an XP machine. I've set her up an account on my computer (admin level) and transfered all her music over.
She has an 4th gen Ipod, I have a 5th gen.
I WAS running itunes 7 with minor problems, but it wanted to update her ipod and after hearing bad things I decided to roll back to a pre-7 version.
I've uninstalled everything and re-installed and older six version, from around March '06.
I've converted both our libraries and they work on Itunes fine.
I connected my 5th gen and after a couple of false starts got it to acknowledge my ipod and I've succesfully updated.
HOWEVER if i connect my girlfriends ipod the computer doesn't even register it. i get repeated Bing-bong, Bong-bing's of a USB connection. Her itunes doesn't register a connection and the computer doesn't seem to hold a connection for a more than a couple of seconds before i get a "tick" and "ok to disconnect".
Can anybody tell me if they have got a similar set up that works, should i be installing a different itunes on each profile? is this a limitation of windows.
ANY help, hints tips advice MOST appreciated. I'm getting grief off the missus "oh yeah yours is OK but what about me"
Thanks
Darlo
Athlon   Windows XP  
Athlon   Windows XP  

To me this sounds like the problem is in her iPod. Did you try restoring her iPod or reseting it by holding enter and menu at the same time?
I'm not confident on the two iPod thing but I would assume that as long as she is in her XP account and you're in yours that iTunes should operate independently of each other's accounts (but I could be wrong).
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