Sync Button Grey... Nothing will fix it! help!

Hi All,
I have read and tried ALL the solutions here with regards to the SYNC option being grey in Itune. NOTHING worked. I cant sunc my iphone in itune. Most annoying!!!!!!
If anyone has good suggestions that have not yet been explained on the forums, i'd love to hear them.
Tried:
- uninstall itune/reinstall: FAIL
- Tick sync over WIFI whilst iphone is plugged in other place: FAIL
- Allowed program SYNC.exe over firewall: FAIL
- Reboot Iphone: FAIL
Most annoyed!!!!!! hep would be much appreciated!
FYI: using windows 7

PS: i cant back up anything either

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