I haven't synced in a while, but....

Whenever I try to sync my itouch 2nd gen I get the error message that "This ipod cannot be used because the Apple Mobile Device service has not started".  I'm not sure what this means or how I can get itunes to recognize my device.

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

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