IPhone 4 is not recognized by my computer

When I plug my iPhone into my computer, I get a pop up message that my computer does not recognize the device.  I tried unplugging it and re-plugging it in with no luck.  Any suggestions? 

I your computer doesn't recognize your phone, update iTunes.  If it's already up to date, uninstall iTunes and all it's components as described here: Win XP, Vista/7.  Then reinstall the latest version of iTunes.

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