Syncing problem---- New

Hello all out there I am in desperate need of some help.I just recently bought an iphone here.When I downloaded Itunes for the first time it was a while ago and then at that time as i was not really using it, I deleted manually the file named "Apple Mobile Device Support".Now on installing the new itunes on the same laptop its installing fine and working fine except that whenever I want to sync stuff into my iphone I can't quite do that as when my itunes opens an error message pops out saying
"Iphone cannot be used because the required software is not installed.Run the itunes installer to remove itunes, then install itunes again."
when I did this the error still kept coming.I have done this around 7-8 times now and I am pretty frustrated.I would appreciate help.Nothing on the support site or the forums is working yet.

Whatever you do - DO NOT UPDATE THE IPOD FIRMWARE! Itunes has ruined my two iPods and I cannot restore them...Worked fine for two years and now nothing, all because of a simple firmware update. My best advice to you is to get rid of Windows Vista and put XP back on your system...Vista has major compatibility issues with any older hardware - I wiped it out and put XP back on, no problems with hardware, just my iPod is ruined.

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