Cannot activate iPhone 4 as cannot connect to iTunes store!

Just got my new iphone 4 but cannot use it as my main PC cannot connect to the itunes store.
I tried my old laptop, but that wouldnt recognise the iphone4. So I upgraded the laptop to the latest version of itunes, and now that cannot connect to the store either!!! (it could before the upgrade) although it now recognises the iphone4.
I have tried all the solutions I can find, changing parental controls, proxy settings, dmz, resinstalled and rebooted a thousand times. Seems the store issue is due to the new version.
This wouldnt be so bad but I need to connect to activate my new phone!
Don't know what to do from here!

hey, i went to the apple shop today and they plugged my phone into their itunes and it registered it. they told me to just plug it in on my laptop when i got home and it will automatically recognise it. thankfully it has and i have a working iphone4!
hope this helps and your phones are working soon

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Welcome to the Support Communities!
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1368
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Microsoft Windows Vista Business Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 6002)
Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq 6710b (GF938AT#ABA)
iTunes 10.7.0.21
QuickTime 7.7.2
FairPlay 2.2.19
Apple Application Support 2.2.2
iPod Updater Library 10.0d2
CD Driver 2.2.3.0
CD Driver DLL 2.1.3.1
Apple Mobile Device 6.0.0.59
Apple Mobile Device Driver 1.62.0.0
Bonjour 3.0.0.10 (333.10)
Gracenote SDK 1.9.6.502
Gracenote MusicID 1.9.6.115
Gracenote Submit 1.9.6.143
Gracenote DSP 1.9.6.45
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Intel Corporation, Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family
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DHCP Server:    192.168.2.1
Lease Obtained:    Mon Oct 08 15:58:39 2012
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