My iPad 2 won't complete syncing

My iPad 2 won't complete syncing. It gets to step 5 (waiting for items to copy) and won't get past that step. I have tried deleting iTunes and reloading? Any other suggestions?

I am a Mac users and I assume that you are a Windows user. I know next to nothing about Windows - maybe even less than next to nothing, if that's possible.
These may be of some help.
Turn Windows Firewall on or off - Microsoft Windows Help
Disable antivirus software - Windows - Microsoft
These are simply temporary steps that you want to take and you want to be sure to turn the firewall and the anti virus software on again after you try this. Furthermore this may not work at all, it's just a troubleshooting step to see if iTunes is able to communicate now with the Apple servers to download the safe browsing data and complete the sync.

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