Session could not be started for back up.

I have an iPad 4, iPod touch 3, and iPod touch 4 all connected to my itunes.  They will all sync OK but I get an error message for each one saying "iTunes could not back up iPad because a session could not e started with the iPad. I have made sure that I only have one backup file for each in my preferences.  I have turned the devices off and rebooted my computers.  The software for the devices and iTunes is up to date.  I'm running out of ideas to try to fix this.  I currently have back ups set to save to my computer and I have over 600 Gigs of free space.  I tried saving it to iCloud but got the same errors.  I'm running on Windows computer using Windows 7.

You may also want to delete every backup for 1 device, like the ipod touch 3rd gen, and try to backup.  If it works try the other devices the same way. If not, some other things to try is: turn off automatic sync, reset the sync history, and hard reset the device, then plug in and try to backup right away. 

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