right, my computer was playing up and got a bit clogged so i formatted... nice fresh install of everything...
the last thing i tried to install was iTunes, whereas i had no problem last time (before the format) the install now reaches the end fine but when i go to run it i get that "windows has encountered an error" (send/dont send and all that)
thought my install exe may have been corrupt or summat so downloaded a new copy... still the same... i gotta have iTunes man! my iPods a bit crappy without it