Why won't my iPhone 4s sync to my iTunes?

I am very frustrated with Apple right now!  Today, I wanted to synch my phone to my iTunes to delete music from it and back it up.  So, I plugged my phone in and it didn't show up on iTunes.  So, I updated my phone.  Still didn't show up.  So I updated iTunes.  Still didn't show up.  So I reset all of my settings on my phone.  Still didn't show up.  So I called Apple Support, who were very helpful and told me to uninstall literally all of my Apple programs.  I DID.  This was a very, very lengthy process.  Afterwards, I re-downloaded iTunes, and now when I plug my phone in, nothing happens!  It has been doing various things, but still not working.  Sometimes the iPhone button will come up but it will stop scrolling and the whole iTunes will freeze.  Other times it has an error message saying it can't read my phone.  Other times nothing will happen.  I have rebooted, and Ctrl+Alt+deleted and nothing changes.  Do I have to uninstall and reinstall it for the third time today?  My phone will show up on two other computers using the same usb cord.  I am on a Windows Vista Computer.  I have literally been trying this entire day and I feel so stumped.  I can't continue using my phone fully because I have too many songs, and I just want to delete some songs!  So frustrating.  Any advice at all? 

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