Vista - error - You don't have enough privileges for this operation

I get the error in the subject line when trying to sync my nano generation 3.
This error is new, iTunes & nano been working fine up until now. I believe we are up to nano generation 5 now, so this has been working for at least 2 years until today.
Things I've tried.
rebooted windows
turned off computer and restarted
checked user privileges
turned disc use on and back off
reset ipod - no change
restored ipod - the ipod/itunes would sync for awhile, then the error would occur. It took about 5 sync attempts to put the ~1100 songs back on the ipod.
installed iTunes version 9.01. No change to the issue.
Any suggestions what to try, where to look now.
I've discovered one other person here with a similar issue, but his problem seemed to be fixed by turning off encryption on his system. I'm not running encryption, so that shouldn't be the issue.
By the way, this system has one user account that is the administrator account. Not sure it's possible to give this account more access privileges?

I should have explored other threads before writing this, as I found the answer elsewhere. Turns out, the folder I was saving the podcasts to had been changed to 'read only'. Changed to 'read and write' and podcasts download successfully now. I'm not sure how that changed during the upgrade, but no matter, I'm back at it now.

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Thank you.
I actually figured it out a while ago.
Turns out it is not an issue with the iPhone or iTunes.
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An idiots guide to correcting this would be appreciated.
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