Wait a minute... play music directly from ipod?

I just received a replacement ipod mini and i just restored it. Heres the thing, i used to be able to play the music that i had on my ipod directly from the ipod (it didnt have to be in itunes) but now i cant do that, all the songs are the faded-light-gray color. Can i get it back to how it was before? Does it have something to do with the new version?
intel pentium 4 2.66, 1gb ram, 250gb wd, msi mb   Windows XP

Could we get to the point at hand despite this users computer preferences...
Is there a way that I can play my iPod directly through my Computer because I have a few computers one that I use at work and one at home. Until recently I could play my iPod mini through iTunes. Now it only shows the songs that are in the Library.

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