Iphone doesn't appear in Itunes on Windows XP

Hey all.
I recently purchased a new iPhone at the same time as a friend of mine. When we first set them up I authorised my phone on her macbook and was able to sync to her iTunes, transfer apps and whatever else no problem.
Since I've got it to my home PC, though, I cannot get my Iphone to show up in iTunes at all.
I am using Windows XP Pro SP 2, plugged in to USB 2 ports and meeting all the other system requirements. The iPhone is on version 2.2.1 and iTunes is 8.0.2.20.
So far, XP recognises the iPhone and installs drivers for it to access the camera with no problems.
I have followed all the steps in the "iPhone not recognized in iTunes for Windows" support page; iTunes has been freshly reinstalled a few times, the iTunes helper, Ipod service and Apple Mobile services are all running as 'started' but still I can't get my iPhone to appear in iTunes.
Plugging it back into my friends macbook and it shows up fine, so I'm confused as to what might have gone wrong...
Thanks for any help you can offer!

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