Windows recognise iPod but itunes not

i tried different things from the apple site, but none worked.Windows sees my iPod (f disk) but itunes says that he cannot connect to my ipod.
Suggestions?

Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately this has not worked. I didn't have quicktime to begin with so I don't know if that makes a difference? After following the instructions, I get the "registry keys missing" problem appear again (which I've subsequently fixed again) and then when I connected the ipod I got the following message - 'Device driver software was not successfully installed'.
I've tried windows update but this doesn't do anything as '...the service is not running'.
Any suggestions?

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http://www.apple.com/ipod/download
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I went through the steps in the document a day or so ago but it didn't help. I will try one more time, paying close attention to the details.
On a different note, just after I posted my question I attached my Nano and let it look for the appropriate driver. However, this time I pointed it to the WINNT\Systems32\drivers directory and my computer locked up and rebooted.
So I'm thinking there's an underlying problem and I'm just don't want to think about doing a re-install or re-format of my HDD.
There is one thing I can report. I was able to sync on my office computer so the problem's not the Nano.
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Windows recognise iPod but itunes not

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