Iphone 4s not being detected by windows 8 laptop and itunes

Hey all,
My iphone 4s is stuck in recovery mode and my laptop is not detecting the iphone when i plug it in. I plug in my other iphone and ipods fine but this iphone 4s is not being detected so i know it is not the cables. I have uninstalled all of the apple apps and drivers from my computer including itunes and re-installed them again and still nothing. When i turn on the iphone it shows a blue itunes logo with a cable indicating for me to connect it to my laptop, but it turns off after 30 seconds which doesn't allow it to restore thus a notification shows up on itunes saying that the iphone could not be found.
I downloaded the latest version of ios, but could not install it since the iphone is not responding. so right now it is basically a paper weight.
Is there anything i can do?
thanks all....

Hello Bethany2
Try creating a different user for your computer and open iTunes to see if shows up in that newly created user. The article below will home a few more troubleshooting steps, some of which you have already tried.
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1538
Regards,
-Norm G.

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