IPhone 3GS is not recognized by iTunes after update 10.1.1

Was updating my iPhone (4.2.1) as well as iTunes 3 days ago.
When I connect the iPhone to the computer and open iTunes it's not recognized.
The computer regognizes the hareware.
Yesterday during the process of syncing the error "cannot sync because there is no connection to the iPhone" popped up.
I hope this is the right catergory... but please help.
I already tried the reinstallation of iTunes.

I have the same problem with my iPhone 4 - since updating to iTunes 10.1.1 I my iPhone is not recognised by iTunes. I have reinstalled and done all of Apple's suggestions up to the point of messing with the deep settings in Windows (I'm not confident that I won't mess up other things if I do this). The computer recognises the iPhone but iTunes ignores it. Come on Apple - how about a simple fix that doesn't require a nerdy ability to delve into the depths of software settings!

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