ITunes 10.5 (XP) does not recognize iPhone 4S when I attach it via cable. ...

I get the message, "USB Device Not Recognized ... One of the USB devices has malfunctioned [yadda yadda]." in the Windows notification area in the lower right of the screen.
I have been to this page: http://www.apple.com/support/iphone/assistant/itunes/#section_2 .
Two things seem to work to get my computer to re-recognize the iPhone:
1) Restart the computer.
2) Open iTunes, which doesn't recognize the phone since Windows doesn't recognize the phone. Keeping iTunes open and the iPhone attached via the cable, I restart the iPhone. iTunes then detects the phone.
However, the minute I close iTunes (and then reopen it) or disconnect the phone (and then reconnect the phone), I have the same problem all over again.

Having exactly the same problem with my new 4S and iOS5.  In fact, I could have written your original post, my experience was identical.  I am using Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) however.
I can also add more data:  When I get the "USB Device Not Recognized" message in the system tray, I can often unplug the cable and plug it into a different USB port on the same computer and it will be recognized.  However, unplugging and replugging to the new port will often put IT INTO THE SAME STATE as the previous port, "USB Device Not Recognized".  Even though it just worked on that port.
During the short period that I had iOS5 on the 3GS, it did not exhibit this behavior.  I cannot test this further, having sold the 3GS already.  But it's happening every day with my 4S.
I'm pretty sure we're not the only ones.

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