Sync button greyed out

I have hooked up my iPad to my computer but the sync button is greyed out.  I have uninstalled all Apple components from my PC and reinstalled them and still there is nothing.  My iPad is a 62gb and Im only using 39 gb so I know its not because Im over capacity.  I have made sure the computer I'm using is authorized and even updated my payment info to make sure there wasnt any info lacking from my profile. I have reset both my PC and my iPad.  At this point Im at a loss as to what else to try.
Also, I went into my computer and made a couple of new folders for my photos and iTnes recognizes them when I go to the section where I can choose which folders to sync. 

Well, I've searched this and number of other forums, and I see that there're many people having similar problem, and that there's no working solution. Syncing is a very basic thing, and since its not working, and can not put any musing/photos/videos, etc.. on the device. This functionality is one of the main reasons i bouht these devices at the first place, so I wonder what people at Apple are thinking, when they're not releasing any fixes (the problem appeared first when iOS 5.0 was released).
Strange thing is that both devices (iPhone 4 and iPad 2) are affected, and sync does not work on two different systems (Windows 7 and Max OSX).

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