ITunes freezing when iPhone plugged in. Windows 7.

Is this a known issue?
Every time I plug in my iPhone when iTunes is open it'll lock up 90% of the time and I'll have to keep unplugging it and re-plugging it back in to work.
Also, when I try to open iTunes when the iPhone is already connected, iTunes will either refuse to open (despite it running in the process list) or it'll open after a while but the iPhone wont be recognized.
This has only started happening since I've upgraded to Windows 7.
Is this a known issue with the OS or is it something my end?
I'm using iTunes Version: 9.0.0.70 and iPhone OS 3.1.
Thanks in advance.

Do you get any syncing message on iTunes at all? or in the windows taskbar? i found that the first time i synced after upgrading to 8.1 the first sync time was extremely long looked like it was doing nothing then verified then backed up then synced. Look for any activity at all on the PC. Also check to make sure that windows hasn't popped up a messagebox in the background somewhere as this will stall evetrything as well till you pick the Allow/Deny or Ok/Cancel option

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Pageouts:        0 pages
Swapins:         0 pages
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