Windows always "enables disk mode"

I have a 40gb 4th generation iPod connected to a Dell XPS M1210 laptop via USB. the laptop is running XP pro SP2 with all current updates. iTunes is version 7.1.1.5 and iPod is version 3.1.1.
When docking the iPod, XP always mounts the iPod assigning it a drive letter, even though in iTunes, I do not have the "enable disk use" option checked.
I can check the "enable disk use", hit "apply" then uncheck "enable disk use" and apply it again and the disk use is not enabled. However, the next time I dock the iPod, it reverts back to the default mode of having the disk use enabled, even though that option is not checked in iTunes.
I'd like Windows to not start the iPod up with disk use enabled as the default as that option is not checked in iTunes. I'm assuming I need to adjust a registry setting some place. Can anybody help?

If you have an iPod in manual mode, enable disk use is selected as well, by default. The only way to remove that would be to put the iPod into automatic mode (uncheck "manually manage music" first).
If you have an iPod in automatic mode, and you sync it to iTunes, when iTunes says that the update is complete and it is OK to disconnect, and the iPod is no longer flashing the Do Not Disconnect screen, the iPod is essentially ejected from your system which is why you would no longer see it in Windows with a drive letter on it. It will continue to show in your Device Manager simply because it is physically connected to your computer.
Windows sometimes pre-determines what some drive letters are going to be assigned to. If you're getting different behaviors on different computers, this could be a sign that one PC has the drive letter already assigned to something else (even if the same letter is used on both computers). You could try changing the drive letters on various computers (enable disk use FIRST, through iTunes).
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93499
This may unify the behavior on both computers, but again, there's no way to connect an iPod to a Windows computer without it getting a drive letter at some point.
CG

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I was wondering what are the major differences when
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yet.
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Xox: Rather than reset....Restore your iPod.
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