Why isn't unchecked music synced to my iPhone?

I have an iphone 4 connected to windows 7 computer. All going well until recently, last time I connected to itunes I had a warning that all my music was unchecked, so no music would sync to iphone. (This was not a change I had made.)
In itunes however all my music was still checked as being wanted. The music however was deleted from my phone and I can't seem to get it back. Its still on the computer and plays there just fine.
When I try to add or subract music in itunes it makes no difference to the blue bar indicating how much disk space has been used on my phone.
I have tried reinstalling itunes 10.5, and running the diagnostic tool in itunes without success. Any advice is appreciated.

Connect your iPad to your computer, wait until backup and sync process is completed and you see an Apple Logo in the top windows.
Now click your Device on the left Pane and in the Summary tab on the right Pane, scroll down and make sure the box for "Sync only checked music & video" is checked and click the SYNC button at the lower right window.  Your music will be transferred back to your iPad.

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