ITunes suddenly needs Internet connection to access my iPhone...???

Plugged my iPhone up to my laptop this evening, now I suddenly can't access any info on my iPhone. It shows up in iTunes but just as "iPhone" instead of "Erica's iPhone" like it used to. When I click on it, I get the error message, "iTunes not connected to Internet." Well duh, I don't HAVE the Internet at home. Why on earth would iTunes suddenly need Internet access when I've been using it jst fine without it?!? I don't see why iTunes should suddenly need Internet access to identify my iPhone.
Also, I am running Windows 7 and had no problem w/my computer recognizing my iPhone until I installed iTunes. Once iTunes was installed, Windows stopped recognizing the iPhone & I now cannot get my photos onto my laptop. If I manually uninstall iTunes & it's 5 "helper programs", bingo, Windows recognizes the iPhone again. Then, as soon as I reinstall iTunes, it quits. I think iTunes is messing w/the way Windows 7 recognizes/works with the iPhone 3G's drivers. ?? Any advice? :-/
Thanks in advance,
Erica

You should contact iTunes Store support about that.

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