Windows 7 itunes 9 - apple mobile device service is not started

Question

Here is a tip I discovered.
If you are running Windows 7 and having an issue your iphone being recognized by itunes (but Windows can see it fine) i.e.
this iphone cannot be used because the apple mobile device service is not stared
Be sure you are not running this application:
FoxyProxy Video Utility
This will prevent the iphone and itunes to speak to each other. It will also affect other applications (Crashplan).
C:\Program Files\FoxyProxy\FoxyProxy Video Utility\FPServiceProvider.dll
Here is a crash dump so you can see it in all it's glory:
Version=1
EventType=APPCRASH
EventTime=128991370593237361
ReportType=2
Consent=1
ReportIdentifier=14f1085b-b0eb-11de-b90d-0050f27e4d4b
IntegratorReportIdentifier=14f1085a-b0eb-11de-b90d-0050f27e4d4b
Response.type=4
Sig[0].Name=Application Name
Sig[0].Value=AppleMobileDeviceService.exe
Sig[1].Name=Application Version
Sig[1].Value=2.50.39.0
Sig[2].Name=Application Timestamp
Sig[2].Value=4a5d2d41
Sig[3].Name=Fault Module Name
Sig[3].Value=FPServiceProvider.dll
Sig[4].Name=Fault Module Version
Sig[4].Value=0.0.0.0
Sig[5].Name=Fault Module Timestamp
Sig[5].Value=4a52bc3e
Sig[6].Name=Exception Code
Sig[6].Value=c0000005
Sig[7].Name=Exception Offset
Sig[7].Value=00001b40
DynamicSig[1].Name=OS Version
DynamicSig[1].Value=6.1.7100.2.0.0.256.1
DynamicSig[2].Name=Locale ID
DynamicSig[2].Value=3081
DynamicSig[22].Name=Additional Information 1
DynamicSig[22].Value=0a9e
DynamicSig[23].Name=Additional Information 2
DynamicSig[23].Value=0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
DynamicSig[24].Name=Additional Information 3
DynamicSig[24].Value=0a9e
DynamicSig[25].Name=Additional Information 4
DynamicSig[25].Value=0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
UI[2]=C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe
UI[3]=Apple Mobile Device Service has stopped working
UI[4]=Windows can check online for a solution to the problem.
UI[5]=Check online for a solution (recommended)
UI[6]=Check for a solution later (recommended)
UI[7]=Close
UI[8]=Apple Mobile Device Service stopped working and was closed
UI[9]=A problem caused the application to stop working correctly. Windows will notify you if a solution is available.
UI[10]=&Close
LoadedModule[0]=C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe
LoadedModule[1]=C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll
LoadedModule[2]=C:\Windows\system32\kernel32.dll
LoadedModule[3]=C:\Windows\system32\KERNELBASE.dll
LoadedModule[4]=C:\Windows\system32\WSOCK32.dll
LoadedModule[5]=C:\Windows\system32\WS2_32.dll
LoadedModule[6]=C:\Windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
LoadedModule[7]=C:\Windows\system32\RPCRT4.dll
LoadedModule[8]=C:\Windows\system32\NSI.dll
LoadedModule[9]=C:\Windows\system32\SETUPAPI.dll
LoadedModule[10]=C:\Windows\system32\CFGMGR32.dll
LoadedModule[11]=C:\Windows\system32\ADVAPI32.dll
LoadedModule[12]=C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\sechost.dll
LoadedModule[13]=C:\Windows\system32\GDI32.dll
LoadedModule[14]=C:\Windows\system32\USER32.dll
LoadedModule[15]=C:\Windows\system32\LPK.dll
LoadedModule[16]=C:\Windows\system32\USP10.dll
LoadedModule[17]=C:\Windows\system32\OLEAUT32.dll
LoadedModule[18]=C:\Windows\system32\ole32.dll
LoadedModule[19]=C:\Windows\system32\DEVOBJ.dll
LoadedModule[20]=C:\Windows\system32\WTSAPI32.dll
LoadedModule[21]=C:\Windows\system32\USERENV.dll
LoadedModule[22]=C:\Windows\system32\profapi.dll
LoadedModule[23]=C:\Windows\system32\IMM32.DLL
LoadedModule[24]=C:\Windows\system32\MSCTF.dll
LoadedModule[25]=C:\Windows\system32\avgrsstx.dll
LoadedModule[26]=C:\Windows\system32\ntmarta.dll
LoadedModule[27]=C:\Windows\system32\WLDAP32.dll
LoadedModule[28]=C:\Program Files\FoxyProxy\FoxyProxy Video Utility\FPServiceProvider.dll
LoadedModule[29]=C:\Windows\system32\SHELL32.dll
LoadedModule[30]=C:\Windows\system32\SHLWAPI.dll
LoadedModule[31]=C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86microsoft.vc80.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_8.0.50727.4918_noned089094c442eb5ff\MSVCR80.dll
LoadedModule[32]=C:\Windows\system32\mswsock.dll
LoadedModule[33]=C:\Windows\System32\wshtcpip.dll
LoadedModule[34]=C:\Windows\system32\WINTRUST.dll
LoadedModule[35]=C:\Windows\system32\CRYPT32.dll
LoadedModule[36]=C:\Windows\system32\MSASN1.dll
LoadedModule[37]=C:\Windows\system32\VERSION.dll
LoadedModule[38]=C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\QuickTime.qts
LoadedModule[39]=C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\QTCF.dll
LoadedModule[40]=C:\Windows\system32\WINMM.dll
LoadedModule[41]=C:\Windows\system32\comdlg32.dll
LoadedModule[42]=C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86microsoft.windows.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_5.82.7100.19_nonefadd78f501c74761\COMCTL32.dll
LoadedModule[43]=C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86microsoft.windows.gdiplus_6595b64144ccf1df_1.1.7100.0_none69badf24eb1ea50c\gdiplus.dll
LoadedModule[44]=C:\Windows\system32\DSOUND.dll
LoadedModule[45]=C:\Windows\system32\POWRPROF.dll
LoadedModule[46]=C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\CoreFoundation.dll
LoadedModule[47]=C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\YSFileShim.dll
LoadedModule[48]=C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\icuuc36.dll
LoadedModule[49]=C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\icudt36.dll
LoadedModule[50]=C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\icuin36.dll
LoadedModule[51]=C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\pthreadGC2.dll
LoadedModule[52]=C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\libobjc.i386.A.dll
LoadedModule[53]=C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\CFNetwork.dll
LoadedModule[54]=C:\Windows\system32\WININET.dll
LoadedModule[55]=C:\Windows\system32\Normaliz.dll
LoadedModule[56]=C:\Windows\system32\urlmon.dll
LoadedModule[57]=C:\Windows\system32\iertutil.dll
LoadedModule[58]=C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\sqlite3.dll
LoadedModule[59]=C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\zlib1.dll
LoadedModule[60]=C:\Windows\system32\iphlpapi.dll
LoadedModule[61]=C:\Windows\system32\WINNSI.DLL
LoadedModule[62]=C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86microsoft.vc80.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_8.0.50727.4918_noned089094c442eb5ff\MSVCP80.dll
LoadedModule[63]=C:\Windows\system32\CRYPTBASE.dll
LoadedModule[64]=C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86microsoft.windows.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.7100.19_noneb6a32c7c247ee542\comctl32.dll
LoadedModule[65]=C:\Windows\system32\CLBCatQ.DLL
LoadedModule[66]=C:\Windows\system32\propsys.dll
FriendlyEventName=Stopped working
ConsentKey=APPCRASH
AppName=Apple Mobile Device Service
AppPath=C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe

Answer 1

Hmm, I clicked on the "This helped me" link but it doesn't sjhow that you received the five points.
No worries. There's a slight delay in general between points assignments, and those points-assigned appearing in people's tallies. I got an automatic notification that I'd been "helpful" here and then a few minutes later the 5 appeared in my tally.
(There's also a seperate issue I've noticed where IE 9 doesn't show points-assigned in some topics, when some other browsers do.)