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The reason this is happening is because the iPod needs to be formatted for PC (in other words, using an MS-DOS FAT filesystem) when connected to a Windows computer. Windows can't read the iPod when it's formatted for use on a Mac (which is when the iPod is formatted using the HFS filesystem). The same thing happens for some reason when it's the other way around (which is weird since the Mac can read and write to FAT filesystems).
Tonym911, again it's possible that your shuffle is formatted using a FAT filesystem and it's set to be mounted as a hard disk (the latter can be set in iTunes to do this or not). Control-click on the iPod that's mounted on the desktop and select "Get Info". Once the information on the iPod comes up, it should tell you if it's formatted FAT (for PC) or HFS (for Macintosh).
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