IPod (Nano 5g) not recognized by Windows XP SP3
Thursday, 31 December 2009 17:40 | Author: Andreas | 
I spent the last days restarting, updating and googling to get my IPod Nano (5G) working on Windows XP (+ SP3). It was not recognized by Windows nor by iTunes. To get it work properly I had to
- start "msconfig",
- choose the "Startup" tab,
- "Selective Startup",
- "Service" tab,
- check "Hide Microsoft services",
- disable all services except "Apple Mobile Device" and "IPod Service",
- and finally reboot windows.
Finally Windows XP found the IPod, reformated it with vfat32 and from that moment on it was correctly recognized everytime it was connected to the computer.
