ITunes no longer recognizes my devices

I get this error message:  "iTunes requires a newer version of Apple Mobile Device Support.  Please uninstall both Apple Mobile Device Support and iTunes, then install iTunes again."  Well, I have tried to do that repeatedly.  Although iTunes will install, Apple Mobile Device Support won't.  It looks like it is installing and then it rolls back and says "Apple Mobile Device Support wasn't install on your computer.  The installer encountered errors before Apple Mobile Device Support could be configured.  Your system has not been modified.  To retry these operations at a later time, please run the installer again."
Frankly, I really resent the fact that I am going to have to pay someone to solve this problem.  Up until the latest update, iTunes was working fine on my (Vista) PC.  
Does anyone have any suggestions that would fix this problem?
What I think should happen is that Apple should have to absorb the cost of my having to pay to get this problem resolved.
Not a happy Apple customer.  I now have two devices that are largely useless to me.

Thanks whatheck, but I've tried all the suggestions on that page.
The only thing I can remember (before losing connectivity with iTunes) was a breif message something to the effect that "device cannot be charged through USB". I thought this may be a loose power connection to my MacBook but that wasn't it.
As an aside I've also had issues when connectiong through my external display, but was plugged directly into the usb's on my Mac, both when connected with the external dispaly and when not.
As I mentioned, I've always been able to update through usb so something changed. I can still connect to my iPad and iPhone wirelessly but need the usb connection for my nano....
Thanks for any further help.

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