I'm having the same problem, but have found if you have iTunes open, don't
touch the vista autostart window that opens, after a few connects-disconnects
iTunes will connect to the iPod and it stays connected.
It does tend to drop if you open My Computer as this then starts looking for
it as a removeable drive.
You were correct. Letting it sit there seems to work but then I upgraded
iTunes and everything seems fine now. It connects and stays there. I wonder
if Apple fixed M$'s problem. LOL
I have iTunes 6.0.5.20 and the cycling between connected/disconnected seems
to go on ad infinitum. I haven't been able to update my iPod since installing
Vista. Any assistance would be appreciated. Thanks