Updater "ipod service error" and itunes "reinstall itunes"

I got my ipod exchanged just recently from a regular 20gb iPod to a color/photo ipod. I downloaded the newest iPod updater and the newest iTunes. I go into the updater program and a message comes up saying "iPod Service error". When i plugged in my unit to my computer, iTunes shows a message "the software required for communicating with the iPod is not installed correctly. Please reinstall iTunes to install the iPod software.
Here's the problem. I went to Apple's online help and went through all the possible solutions it had (reinstall iTunes, Disable conflicting system services and startup items, disable conflicting system services and startup items and reinstall, resintall the COM interface for the iPod service) and none of them worked.
What do i do? because I've spent the whole week trying to figure out what's going on. I've repeatedly uninstalled and reinstalled both the updater and iTunes. Anyone have any answer to this?

It might be a total pain, but you might do best if you call Apple Support if you can... Hopefully you didn't get a bad 'Pod.

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Updater ipod service error

we needed an update for our ipod video because it has an a folder with an exclamation mark. we followed the steps below that were found on www.apple.com/support
Install the latest iPod Software.
After your download is finished, install the iPod Updater. Just launch the assistant and follow the on-screen instructions.
Run the iPod Software
Run the iPod Updater application
Connect your iPod to your computer and launch the iPod Updater. The iPod Updater will automatically determine if an update is required.
Once we plugged in the ipod and launched the updater it did not give us the option to restore the ipod it just said "ipod service error" and the only option was to click ok and still nothing is fixed, what do we do now?
ipod video 30g...5th generation?? Windows XP

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
See this...
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Every time i plug my ipod (4g w/ click wheel) it says on itunes software not installed correctly, it shows up as a drive but i can't see it on itunes, i have tried to reinstall itunes more than 5 times and nothing works. Also, when I try to restore my ipod with ipod updater i get an "ipod service error". I am going crazy here trying to figure this out, someone please help me!

Try this for can't mount iPod:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302538
You might also want to try putting your iPod in disk mode:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93651
Sometimes this does the trick (iPod normally needs to be in disk mode in order for it to show up in Disk Management)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93499
If you're still unable to get your iPod to restore, you can try this:
Put the iPod into disk mode, according to the article above.
Connect it to your computer.
Click Start > Run
Type compmgmt.msc
Click on Disk Management (in the left-hand column)
Let the computer go through its connection process
Right click on the iPod and click Format
Set the format to FAT32
Leave all the other settings on their defaults
Do Not select the option to Quickformat
Start the format.
It's recommended that you still try to restore the iPod after formatting, but it's not always necessary. This should get your iPod back into iTunes.
CG

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Itunes will not detect either of my ipods or my iphone and therefore Im not able to sync them. I have tried reinstalling itunes three times and checked cables, etc.

See TS1538: iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows, in particular section 5, and TS1363: iPod: Appears in Windows but not in iTunes.
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IPod Service Error and So Many Other Errors

I got this iPod Nano 2 GB last year at Christmas. First of all i cant restore my iPod because everytime i open an updater (09-23, 03-23, 06-28) it comes up as iPod ervice error. I have already reformatted my iPod using windows and HP Storage Format Tool. Still no sucsess. Basically, when i first got it the first time it updated but then it never updated again. Now there is a folder icon with an exclanation mark. When i connect it to my computer, on the screen of my nano it is not at all coloured. It is black and white and looks like an older version. Thanks in Advance!
P.S. Ive tried everything on this website in terms of what apple posted in support.

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
Even though you may have read most of the links on Apple's Support website, I'll go ahead and still still some helpful ones:
iPod displays folder and exclamation point/Sad iPod icon
iPod displays a folder icon with an exclamation point
Exclamation point and folder (post)
Have you checked these articles out?:
iPod appears in Windows but not in iTunes
iPod missing in "My Computer" or in iTunes
Also, this:
Fast user switching isn't supported on a Windows XP
The hard drive of your iPod may be the problem, though. It may need to be replaced if this didn't help anything.
I hope this helps
~~Kylene

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http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
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http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm
Right-click the iTunesSetup.exe (or iTunes64Setup.exe), and select "Extract to iTunesSetup" (or "Extract to iTunes64Setup"). WinRAR will expand the contents of the file into a folder called "iTunesSetup" (or "iTunes64Setup").
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Hey zoelevi_13,
Here is an article that will help you troubleshoot this issue with your devices not being recognized by your computer:
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538
Take care, and thanks for visiting the Apple Support Communities.
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- Anything else here
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Apple Mobile Device Support (if this won't uninstall move on to the next item)
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