Upgraded to iTunes 8, iPod no longer recognized

Hello!
I have a HP laptop running Vista Home and everything was working fine until I upgraded to version 8 of iTunes. Now, my laptop does not even recognize my iPod at ALL, not in Explorer, My Computer or iTunes.
USB ports are working fine, I have an external hard drive that works perfectly, as well as a USB printer that works perfectly. Again, iPod synced fine up until I upgraded to iTunes 8.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled, still nothing.
Any help, please?!??
THANKS!
EDIT: Sorry, forgot to mention I have a 160 GB iPod Classic...
Message was edited by: Triple Lindys

I have a Dell and since I have gotten 8.0 my ipod won't sync (it was functioning perfectly before). Well, actually it starts to sync and then the whole itunes program crashes. Also, when I go to the help icon and test everything the ipod is not found (even if it is syncing). However, the ipod is found under device manager. I have even uninstalled and reinstalled it from there. Also, when I try to restore my ipod itunes and my whole computer freezes. I've been on the phone with technical support, and still my ipod won't sync. Itunes itself runs fine if my ipod isn't plugged in.

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