AMD driver not starting (code 10) - iPhone not recognised iTunes

Question

Hi,
I am having a real issue with trying to get my iPhone recognised on iTunes. I have read through and tried every solution I can find and none have resolved my issue. Here are a list of solutions I've tried:
1. Restart services, Reinstall itunes, Empty temp directory, disable security, delete incorrect registry keys - http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1363?viewlocale=en_US
2. Restarted ADM - http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1567
3. Reinstall Apple Mobile Device driver - http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1538
After doing all these things, I think I boiled the issue down to the fact the driver is not digitally signed by Windows 7 (64-bit) - http://discussions.info.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=12702147&tstart=0
So I tried using the ReadyDriver plus software to get around the signature which sorted that out, however now when I try and reinstall the driver I get the following error:
"Apple Mobile Device USB Driver
This device cannot start. (Code 10)"
After looking at other threads on how to fix this I cannot see a solution. Can anybody help me out? It would be massively appreciate if so, I've spent 2 days with this and this is my last hope!

Answer 1

I don't know about the code 10 error, but I was not able to get my iPhone to sync because I could not get the AMDS to download/install. According to Apple, it should download and install with the program you are downloading (in my case, iTunes), but it rolled back during the install. The reason AMDS was not installing on my machine was because even after uninstalling all Apple programs *in the appropriate order* (iTunes, QuickTime, Apple Software Update, Apple Mobile Device Support [not applicable, since it never installed], Bonjour, and then Apple Application Support) and then emptying the recycle bin and then restarting, there were still Apple components on my machine. So, AFTER doing the above removal of programs, I also did the following:
1. Backed up the iTunes folder containing my music, ringtones, etc. on an external drive (in my case this was the main iTunes folder in the My Music folder).
2. Deleted this iTunes folder.
3. Deleted any Apple/iTunes folders found in MyComputer > C: > Program Files and Program Files (x86).
4. Deleted any Apple/iTunes folders found in MyComputer > C: > Program Files > Common Files and Program Files (x86) > Common Files.
5. Emptied the recycle bin and restarted the computer.
6. Temporarily turned off my firewall and antivirus, went to Apple online, and downloaded and reinstalled the Apple components (in my case, reinstalling iTunes was all I needed to do).
7. Let iTunes start after the install, but then exited iTunes, removed the folder I backed up previously, and replaced it with the folder I backed up.
8. Restarted iTunes.
It's possible that the problem I experienced was only with the residual files in the Program Files folder (versus those in the Program Files (x86) folder or due to the firewall and antivirus), but like you I had spent a lot of time on this and so I wasn't taking any chances.
Note: You sound tech savvy, but just in case...If you cannot see the folders containing the files you need to delete, go to My Computer, then to the Tools menu, then Folder Options (or in Windows 7 go to the Control Panel and search for Folder Options) and then make sure the “Show hidden files and folders” is selected and make sure “Hide extensions for known filetypes” and “Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)” are both un-selected (unchecked).