Windows thinks its a camera !

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see if this tip by Yorkwill helps:

+Unfortunatly uninstalling/re-installing iTunes and all doesn't always seem to work. We had the same issue with the ipod touch being recognized as a digital camera under windows xp. We tried just about any recipe listed by apple or others with no success.+
+In the end what works is to just force the drivers on what windows thinks is a camera, i.e. to ‘update’ the device to use the correct driver. There are some hints on how to do this already listed on this forum, but I’ll try to give some more detailed information:+

+1. First off you need to have iTunes installed and the ipod touch plugged in+
+and recognized as ‘something’ e.g. digital camera (it shouldn’t really+
+matter what it’s recognized as, but it needs to be found by windows).+

+2. Search for usbaapl in the C:\WINDOWS system folder:+
+o open windows explorer (e.g. Right-click Start and then click ‘explore’)+
+o right-click the WINDOWS folder and select ‘Search’).+
+o type in usbaapl and hit Search – try to ignore the dog!+
+You should find the driver info in a sub folder of+
+C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRVSTORE e.g. C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRVSTORE\usbaapl_A65621D65F5B7507DD7B22331826547BDD2D206B+
+Remember that location (either leave the search box open or copy the folder+
+name into note pad – you’ll need it later)+
+If you don’t find usbaapl.sys, usbaapl.inf etc. then your drivers have not+
+been installed with the iTunes install and you’ll have to reinstall iTunes.+

+3. Locate the ipod-camera device:+
+o Open the device manager, e.g. using Start > Control Panel >+
+Performance and Maintenance > System > Hardware Tab > Device Manager+
+o Look for a device called ‘ipod’ - if your ipod shows up as+
+‘digital camera’ it will be under something like ‘imaging devices’.+

+4. Update the driver:+
+o Right click the ‘ipod-camera’ in device manager and click on+
+‘Update Driver’ – the Hardware Update Wizard will open.+
+o Check the ‘Install from a list or specific location’ then click ‘Next’+
+o Check ‘Search for the best driver in these locations’. Un-check+
+‘Search removable media’ and check ‘Include this location in the search’.+
+In the text box below type (or better copy and paste) the folder+
+containing the ipod driver information found in step 1 (in the example+
+above it was C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRVSTORE\usbaapl_A65621D65F5B7507DD7B22331826547BDD2D206B), +
+then click Next.+
+You should now see something like ‘Apple ipod device driver’ or so. Continue+
+installing that device. Once the driver has been installed the ipod will come+
+to life and iTunes (if you have it open) will show it.+

does that work for you ?

do you have 'Saved Photos' on your ipod?
(photos obtained on the ipod touch, via safari, email, screenshots)

- when you have these, the ipod will be recognised as a 'camera' (or external drive) so that you can remove/copy these photos onto your computer and save them for future use.

remove the saved photos, your ipod should stop showing up as a camera.

The reason that your Touch thinks it's a camera is because you have got pictures on the Touch that were taken as screenshots. You must have taken a screenshot, either using the Touch's screenshot facility or from within an Application. I have a few Apps that can do this, Artisan and Kaleidic are two - once I start, I can't stop!

So now the Touch has pictures in its "Camera Roll", so when you connect it to your computer, the computer recognises that it has photos on it that are not in your photo library so that's why the "camera" option appears. To get rid of this, you must remove the pictures from the "Camera Roll".

So, first of all, if you want to keep the pictures, copy them onto your computer. (If you do want them back on the iPod, put them in the (photo) folder that Syncs with the Touch. That's usually the My Pictures folder on a PC.) Once they are safely copied onto your computer, delete them from the Touch's "Camera Roll".

At the next Sync those pictures will be back on the Touch and at the next re-connection of the Touch to your computer, Windows will not think it's a camera!

Okay, so Anna said the same thing, but in less words!

Phil