IPhone causes iTunes to hand on connect

Hello,
Recently I've been attempting to connect my iphone to my pc, and it is causing iTunes to hang and i end up having to end the task.
I have the most current version of iTunes 8.2, and 2.2.1 on my iPhone. I've never had this issue before and I believe I've successfully synched the phone post 2.2.1 install.
So far I've done the basic troubleshooting steps as well as I've tried it on my main computer and my laptop and also authorized and de-authorized each pc. Nothing seems to work.
Has anyone else had this issue? I recently had to purchase another synch cable but they didn't have any offical apple cables so I bought a knock off, could this be the issue?
Thanks,
-Eric

If resetting the iTunes preferences doesn't solve your problem, have a look at Telmari's answer in the following discussion:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/17020999#17020999
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