Why does iTunes say that I have to remove and reinstall it every time I connect my iPhone 4?

Okay, so I just received my new iPhone 4 (my first as well) and am trying to activate it.  I have iTunes on my computer already.  When I connected my iPhone to my laptop after launching iTunes, a dialog box with an error message saying something like my iPhone can't be used because the software hasn't been installed and that I'm supposed to run the iTunes installer to remove iTunes and then to reinstall iTunes again.
1.) I have gone directly to the website www.itunes.com/download, as it says in the activation guide, and tried to download iTunes from there.  After speaking to technical support, apparently that's what I did wrong the first time.  That, and I had the phone plugged into the laptop as well. Fail.
2.) I have opened iTunes from my desktop and "updated" the software directly from the iTunes store.  Still I received the same message (as previously stated) with NO PHONE attached to the computer. Although, this time it said that my Quicktime was out of date. Uninstalled it, downloaded update. Epic fail.
3.) Lastly, I completely uninstalled iTunes and reinstalled the "new" iTunes.  I officially suck at life.
P L E A S E   H E L P   M E !

Your apps were installed from a different computer than the one your photos are on. The iPhone can sync with only one computer.

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