Fixing the problem of Itunes not seeing iphone in windows 8 feb 2014-heres how.

Control panel, uninstall every apple program including bonjour and quicktime and mobile device drivers. restart computer, download itunes...worked fine on our 2 computers.

Hi dvalva,
Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
I recommend going through the troubleshooting steps in this article if your iPhone is not recognized by iTunes for Windows:
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538
Best,
Jeremy

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    However, the iPhone does appear in Windows Explorer (apparently as a camera, as I can read the DCIM file and look at the photos there), but as the iPhone is not jailbroken I cannot see any other files. The iphone is running iOS5.
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    Many thanks for your help.

    If you haven't already done so, work through the entire troubleshooting steps on http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538, including 1-6 at the bottom.  Often restarting the AMDS (step 3) will be necessary.  If all else fails, uninstall iTunes and all of its components as described here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1923 and reinstall iTunes.

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    Hi Samuel6495,
    Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
    If your music does not sync after updating your software, first retart your iPhone if you haven't already:
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    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1430
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    iTunes 11 for Windows: Set up syncing for iPod, iPhone, or iPad
    http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12313
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    After 8 hours of work and researching everything on the web and including here, I have restored my Iphone.
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    After plugging in and my iphone sync, I got the usual update message and finally decided to update. Well during the middle of the update the proceess aborted. I went to restore and that aborted.
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    4. I read serveral sites and articles on this site. I found that none of the articles got to the root problem. Several articles on the site need to be updated.
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    2. Unplug all USB devices.
    3. Reboot to safe mode.
    4. Delete out all USB drivers.
    5 Shut down.
    6. This is important!!! unplug your power cord.
    7. This is important!!! take out your battery!!
    8. Let it sit for 5 minutes with out any power.
    9. Put in battery and plug in computer.
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    technabob,
    What version of Windows Vista are you running (32-bit or 64-bit)? Please note that 64-bit versions of Vista are not supported as stated in the minimum requirements:
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305703
    In addition to iTunes and Quicktime, you will also want to remove/reinstall Apple Software Update and Apple Mobile Device Support as listed in:
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93698
    If you are still having issues, you may want to test the iPhone in a new user, or use MSCONFIG to see if there is any software that might be conflicting with the iPhone. For more information on using MSCONFIG, see this article:
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305415
    Good luck,
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    Bought a song the other day and it did not download correctly. I am over 50 and a little new to using this technology so please pardon me if it is an easy fix. iTunes will not allow me to download it again or to even buy it again, so I cannot figure out how to fix it. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

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    I'm having the most irritating problem with my iPhone and iTunes. Every time I want to sync up, I have to reboot (at least once). For some reason, the USB connection makes that Windows sound like it's connected the device, but then it doesn't show up in iTunes to sync it.
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    I've tried all the ideas suggested at:
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    Message was edited by: technabob

    technabob,
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    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305703
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    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93698
    If you are still having issues, you may want to test the iPhone in a new user, or use MSCONFIG to see if there is any software that might be conflicting with the iPhone. For more information on using MSCONFIG, see this article:
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    Good luck,
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    Problem solved.  Rebooted the MacBook and now iTunes sees my devices.  Very strange.

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    R Doptis wrote:
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    No hub; it's plugged directly into the back of the G5 iMac. No, I didn't restart the iMac. Good idea; I'll do that tonight.
    Message was edited by: romad

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