[masraum]

The first time I tried to install iTunes and use an iPod (present for daughter) on my XP PC. The PC started randomly rebooting and wouldn't work with the iPod at all.

A couple of years later, my daughter bought me an iPod. I thought, "Crap, this thing will kill my PC." I installed iTunes and haven't had a single problem in over a year. I don't know what happened. I didn't change any hardware and mostly let XP do it's update thing when it wants to. I haven't rebuilt the PC or reinstalled XP or anything (I probably need to). Nothing major changed, it just works. I assume it's because when I got the ipod it was 2 years later and the software was better.

Sucks that it's not working for you. I love my iPod.