IPhone 4s suddenly not seen by Win7, but is seen by iTunes? A friend who supports 30 iphones as an IT manager says it's a rampant issue since update. Official position Apple??

I'm completely up to date, I've restarted my pc and my phone several times. Is this intentional? Is apple trying to hide the device so it forces you to go through itunes and icloud?
Photostream has NEVER worked for me anyway and even if it did I want to see my device on my computer. My 16gb 4s has been 'backing up' for over an hour now. I can no longer access my phone photo folders through my computer, my phone does not even appear as a device anymore. It charges and itunes starts right up though. Prior to this last update it worked fine.
I don't want to be forced into using icloud or itunes to access my data. Is this yet another glitch or is it intentional?
I texted my IT friend hoping for a quick fix and he texts back "As you know I support 30 iphones, this week has been a nightmare, I feel your pain and don't have an answer."
I've seen a lot of similar posts when googling this issue but no one from apple support has addressed this, the only 'solutions' are 'reinstall icloud' or something like that. F*** icloud, which I deleted anyway. I want to access my phone through my computer as I was doing before.
All my drivers are up to date on my pc.

@ Peter: So this is apple supports way of saying 'we have no clue' or 'yes infact we are attempting to force you to use itunes as the sole way of transferring your data'?
Since you apparently can't figure out the issue by reading my first post I will lay it out very simply:
Ever since this last iTunes update (just this week) my Win 7 64 bit computer will not 'see' my 4s iPhone, but iTunes will. Prior to this I could go to 'My Computer' and see my phone, I could then open and copy any photos or videos out of it to my computer in 1/1000th of the time it took to sync with iTunes.
Now, suddenly I can't. Restarting my phone and my computer several times has not resolved this issue.
1) I'd like a solution if there is one
2) If there isn't one I'd like to know if this is something apple has done intentionally
3) If you're reading this and do not have a solution or an answer to this issue, please don't call me liar or complain that I'm ranting.

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