HELP with iPod VS. Windows XP SP2

[starperformer]

I have been using my 4G iPod on my HP PC running Windows XP since the 4G came out. I have always used my firewire port instead of either of my USB ports. I have NEVER encountered problems syncing to iTunes... until the very next sync AFTER I installed Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2). Now I sync through firewire and iTunes starts to update my iPod, and I can see the iPod in My Computer as a external drive....BUT before iTunes finishes transferring all the songs/playlists, the iPod freezes, then disappears as a drive from My Computer, and iTunes says its updated.... Then I have to undock, manually reset the iPod, then restart the computer, then try it again to only find that the same thing happens all over again. The only difference on my computer between when my pod worked and now is the fact that I installed SP2. PLEASE respond to this message if you have had this problem and resolved it somehow (let me know if you restored your computer to a point before you installed SP2 and let me know if that worked).
Thank you for all your help. Us iPodders are a family, and Microsoft seems to be the alcoholism that breaks appart the very fabric of our relationship- our iPod.



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[taboo8614]

ok this is for every single person hear at this forum IF YOU HAVE WINDOWS XP DO NOT INSTALL THE SP2 the reason why is because the SP2 is not able to work with a lot of thigs on the market windows really messed up by bring this out


windows sucks but yet for some reason we all use it

[Nitr0]

Taboo, that is the dumbest thing I have ever heard. I have a 60 gig iPod Photo and I installed XP2 over a month ago and I haven't had problems. Please take your windows hating self out of the windows forums. As for your problem starperformer, it seems you have a corrupt file somewhere on the iPod. Do a full restore and try uploading again.

[taboo8614]

well what i am saying may not be his problem but SP2 realld does have a lot of problems with other programs and as for me not liking windows that is just because mac and others are just so much easer to use and and so much more compatable with everything. i mean i like windows but others are just so much nicer

[Ashex]

Microsoft actually postponed the SP2 release but several months to give developers time to whip up a patch or update or something to make their software compatable with sp2. it's just that a lot of them slacked off doing this. If you still have problems after restoring, reinstall Itunes. I used to have this problem until I switched to vpod.