My iphone won't backup ro my laptop anymore

Well I'm trying to backup my iphone of the same laptop I've been using for years. Now its giving me a message saying "This iphone can not be backed up on this computer" Why is that ??

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2529
Is that the error you're getting?

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