Windows XP + iPod Startup Troubles

[JonMooring]

Whenever my iPod is connected Windows XP refuses to load the welcome screen. As soon as I disconnect it, however, it loads just fine. Any ideas?

 

[tyanni]

Its quite possible your pc is trying to boot to the Ipod... see if you can tell it to always boot to the hdd before a USB drive in the bios...

Tim

 

[JonMooring]

No no no, it loads Windows and right when it goes black after the Windows loading screen to load the welcome screen, it stays on that black screen until I unplug the iPod.

 

[tyanni]

From a quick google search, it appears this is a common problem. I've seen it before at work also. The fix was always to just keep it unplugged at boot. I still think its related to an attempt to boot from it or at least connect to it at boot.