IPhone not being fully recognized

I have a iPhone 3GS and am not able to access my pictures. My computer will recognize that the iphone is connected (it shows up under My Computer as the usual drive), but if I try to right-click on properties I get "The imaging device is busy. Either cancel or wait until it becomes available." I never used to have this problem, especially because the dialog box used to come up when I would plug the phone into the computer.
Other than the photos issue, I have no problem using iTunes - the audio and video syncs accordingly, etc.

You could try a back up of the iPhone on iTunes and then do a fresh install of the iPhone OS and then restore your data.
Are you close to an Apple retail store where you can take your computer and iphone in and have the Genius Bar look at them? If so that might be the route to go. If not you can call Apple Care and they may be able to trouble shoot it.
I have been off of Windows so long now ... and happier for it that I am not as familiar with XP that I once was ... sorry.

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