VERY strange error message and behavior from ipod and itunes software

Hi. I have two major issues with itunes 7.02 and ipod.
1) After a successful install, and after double-clicking my desktop itunes icon, the program opens, but it takes about 5 minutes to load (I kid you not, maybe longer)... I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling 5 seperate times and it never opens any quicker. Please help, extremely frustrating.
2)THE BIGGER PROB: I get the following error message when connecting my ipod (video) to my computer (itunes is already opened at this point, as it does NOT open automatically): " The software required for communicating with the ipod is not installed correctly. Please reinstall itunes to install the ipod's software. Problem is, I have reinstalled itunes 5 or 6 times already! HELP! Thank you!

in sorry i cant help with the speed thing,
make sure you install all the software from the CD your ipod came with, if that dosent work, try updating your ipods firmware : http://www.apple.com/ipod/download/
Good luck and welcome to the forums
Joe

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