IPhone no longer recognized by PC, won't show up in itunes

I've had my iPhone for months and it always worked and synced perfectly with my HP computer running XP. Last night out of the blue when I plugged it into the usb 2.0 port I always use, it stopped recognizing it. It gives me a message that there's an unknown device and shortly after that the device has malfunctioned. I know the iPhone is fine because when I plug it into my notebook it recognizes it and tries to sync right away. I tried different ports, shut down and restarted the computer a half dozen times, reinstalled itunes 8.0.1.11, gone into the device manager and removed the unknown device and tried again but nothing works. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

are you using a usb hub ?
i had similar problem but then relized my usb 2.0 hub was acting up (belkin 4 port) when my printer wouldnt work
had to unplug power and disconnected from computer and let it rest
so far so good
hope this helps
Bryan............................

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