ITunes sometimes doesn't recognize iPad or Touch

After working properly for a month, my system has developed a glitch. When I connect my iPad, iTunes does not open or mount the iPad. The iPad does begin to charge, but there is no "sync behavior" going on. I tried reinstalling iTunes, and everything worked properly--until I restarted the computer. Then it went back to not mounting the iPad. Reinstalled iTunes again--works properly again. (The same thing happens with my Touch.) Surely I don't have to reinstall iTunes after every shutdown.
This is a 24in Aluminum iMac running OS 10.6.2. I was running 10.6.3, but learned from the genius at the bar that there is some glitch in that upgrade that makes my iMac lock up periodically, and per his instructions I went back to 10.6.2. The syncing problem started about that time.
Again everything is fine after I reinstall iTunes (9.1.1) but anytime the computer is restarted, there is no sync. Any ideas? Do I need to go back to an earlier version of iTunes?

I've been having exactly the same experience, though I've been running iTunes 10.0.1 (OS 10.6.4). My iPad won't mount despite restarting, so I uninstalled iTunes <http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1224>, reinstalled <http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/>, and it would work fine for a day or less.
So I just uninstalled again and then installed the previous version of iTunes (9.2.1), and that seems to be working so far. I'll chime in again later with results over time.

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