Itunes wont see my iphone

I am running itunes 11.1 on Windows 7 Starter (1.6 GHz, 1 GB, 32 Bit System). My iTunes wil not "see" the iPhone when I plug it in. It will see
my kids iPod, but not the phone. When I run the diagnostics, under "Ports" the check box is red beside "No iPod, iPhone, or iPad found". I have followed the advice of many forums and tried the following, with no success:
* Updated iTunes and the Phone
* Uninstall and Re-Install Itunes
* Verified that Apple Mobile Device is installed (however, I cant get it to show up under device manager, where the USB ports are listed)
* I have stopped and restared Apple Mobile Device
* I have done my best to check for thrid party conflicts, and have found none.
Any other recomendations would be very helpful.
THanks!

Cheers guys!
I had the same issues for weeks and I just couldn't figure out what was happeing after iTunes latest update. FInally figure it out with some help from a post bellow. This is what I did.
1. Uninstall all the "Apple xxxx" softwares (Apple Aplication Suport, Apple Mobile Support, and Apple Update Software)
2. Go to the Music/iTunes/ dir and rename all files here as such "xxx-bak" so "iTunes Library-bak" so that your files and iTunes config are not changed during the following step
3. Uninstall iTunes entirelly.
4. Reinstall a fresh coppy of iTunes (with your iPhone connected
5. After installation Delete all new files (those not ending with "xxx-bak" rename tag
6. Restore all renamed files to their original names/titles by deleting the added "-bak" and run iTunes again - BINGO!!!
This should do the trick! I hope it works for you guys too!

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