Nick,
Glad you have everything worked out now. Needless to say, and I'm sure Steve (and others) would concur with this, sometimes things just happen...you do the same thing you've always done, but this one time, something goes wrong...you can't explain it, you can't recreate it, you didn't do anything any differently than you've done before...anyway, I think we've all experienced it...
Just wanted to get that bit out to everyone, including Steve, who encounters the rare, but inevitable, problem when it comes to synching songs with the iPod...
Personally, I am unwaiveringly suspcious that Apple has intentionally cocked-up the firmware for the WinPods to further frustrate, and thus entice, us winnies into buying a Mac of some sort. I've a few friends that have the new gen iPods, but they use Macs, and although I acknowledge that it could be meerly coincidental, they have had no problems with their 1, 2, or 3Gen iPods (especially the 3 Gen w/ firmware update...no problems at all), whereas I, and other WinPod owners, have had several annoying, while not debilitating, problems with the WinPods...
Just my $.02...
Wobbley