Windows XP + iPod issue

I just bought an iPod today and I have installed the updater and iTunes. But the iPod does not respond with Windows. When I connect it, it says new USB recognised and goes into wizard... iTunes does not detect the iPod either... And the port is just fine because it charges perfectly... I do have a concern though, I do not have service pack 2, but I do not want to install it because of previous hiccups I've had with it...
All help is appreciated, thank you

I had the same problem. Although I did install Sp2 but still had the problem. What I did was uninstall all my usb devices in the Device manager. I mean all USB Stuff. If you have a mouse that is usb doing this of course will make you mouse unusable so you will have to uninstall all the USB by using the keyboard. After you uninstall all the usb stuff then just click on "scan for hardware changes". After I did all this my ipod was reconized and everything has been fine ever since.

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