Xp wont read ipod at all

so somebody sold me this little nano 2 gb said it work i was like cheap had to go get a charger for it charged fine works great but my computer when i plug it in nothing pops up i have the latest itunes i was even going to like reset it but says need to use itunes to do that lol it is formated for windows checked that i have no idea now is there any one that can help

I have simular problems
After updating itunes a few days ago my ipod touch 2.gen won't sync at all. It started with it not wanting to add music to the ipod. I got the message "file can't be found" even though I could play the song in itunes.
I started trying a "hard restart" of the ipod, with no result.
I then tried to re-install itunes, with no result.
I then tried to restore the ipod to factory preset, with the result that the ipod won't read at all in itunes.
I've had a long history with sync-problems. And it always shows up after an itunes update. I tried sending the ipod to Apple service last summer but they found "nothing wrong" with the ipod. Apple won't take responsibility under warranty anymore and i'm left with a glorified, overpriced product that doesn't work because of firmware updates from Apple that I can't refuse.
Apple makes products that looks nice and are easy to use, but their customer service is non-existing when their products break down.
Last Apple product I'll ever buy!

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I had the same problem when I bought my Touch 2 months ago. Here is fix I used:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090209182107AAR4juY
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http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090209182107AAR4juY
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