ITunes wants to restore a working iPhone

I connected my iPhone 3GS to my Macbook Pro tonight and instead of the usual sync info, iTunes told me "An iPhone has been previously synced with this computer. 1) Setup as new phone. 2) Restore from backup."
The strange thing is the iPhone is working just fine. I was running iTunes 9.x on my laptop, after seeing this thought it might be a bug so I installed iTunes 10. Still getting the same message.
The night before I connected my iPhone to my Macbook Pro while running Windows Vista just to charge it, I didn't let it sync. This is the only thing that I can think of that might have screwed something up. Just wondering why this message is popping up and I guess I have no choice but to go ahead with the restore.
Any thoughts? Thanks!

HI,
Disconnect the iPhone from your MBPro. On your iPhone Home screen tap Settings / General / Reset All Settings
Shut the iPhone down as you normally would, then turn it back on.
Now connect the iPhone to your MBPro. Hopefully that dialog won't appear again.
Carolyn

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