IPhone won't backup during iTunes sync

Hi!  The last few times I've synced my iPhone 3GS in iTunes, it won't backup.  I get an error message after it goes through the other steps to sync apps and such. Normally the backup is step 1, then it does the other steps, but now it's skipping right to step 2 and then when it's finished gives me this message:
"iTunes could not backup the iPhone "Debbie's iPhone" because a session could not be started with the iPhone".  This is something I've never seen before.  Is there a fix?  It's making me nervous not having a current backup.
Thanks, Debbie

Thanks, i've tried that already. It initiates the backup, but seems to backup one tune only, not the apps. The process takes less than a second, telling me that the apps did not transfer.

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