I can't get my iphone4 to sync with itunes on Windows XP. Can anyone help me?

Is it not possible to do this on Windows XP?
I turned off my antivirus, and firewall.
I've tried authorizing my computer, but it just sits there and and tried to connect to itunes for hours and nothing happens.
It won't enable home sharing.
It won't sync my phone saying "there is a problem syncing" this iphone. (I read somewhere to make sure you had "sync phone turned on" but I've been unable to find that on my phone in itunes or under settings, or on itunes on my iphone.
I'm a novice to this, I'll admit, so I have no idea what I'm doing wrong.
I plug in the phone. I tunes comes up automatically and starts running all by itself. Step 1, step 2. Then it wants to authorize my computer, and it won't go any further.
If I don't plug in the phone, turn it on, it doesn't work. If I don't plug in the phone, THEN plug it in and try it, it doesn't work. What am I doing wrong?
Can anyone help me?

The iphone will sync itunes content and pics with one computer at a time.
Sycning to another will erase the current content from the iphone.
Copy everything (contacts/calendars/pics/files/docs/itunes content/etc) from your old computer, or your backup copy of your old computer, to your new one.

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