I am getting an error in itunes when I connect my iphone that says that the apple mobile device service is not started?

When pluging my iphone into my computer I get the following message in itunes "This Iphone can not be used because the apple mobile device service is not started. Does anyone know how to fix this.

I think I remember hearing that if you quit iTunes with your device still connected, then open iTunes up again, it should work.
EDIT: Here, this might help: http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1567

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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1567

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