My pc won't detect my itouch

I have windows vista,when i hookup my itouch it says "apple mobile device failed" or somthing like that. i know my itouch works becouse i can hook it up to other computers, and i know my pc works becouse i can hook up my ipodNano. my cousin told me it might be the USB Ports; the ones on the front of the pc are broken so i have to use the ones in the back were you connect the mouse and keyboard. Please Help

The iPod Touch does a terrible job of finding and assigning an available drive letter and, worse yet, it doesn't tell you what it is using. Look for a DLA conflict on C, D or E. Do you by any chance use a multi-function device such as an HP all-in-one printer? That's another souce of conflict. Also, look for imaging devices and try uninstalling them as a test.
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