Windows 8.1 Computer not recognizing iPhone 5 and iTunes not opening

Question

So i've been having these issues persist since I updated to iOS7 in September. Computer is a MSI GT60 2OD-026US running windows 8, now 8.1.
How this all started in September:
1. Download iTunes and it sees iPhone, update to iOS7
2. Everything is all good until it tries to connect to iTunes after extracting the old software, the computer doesn't acknoledge the phone is connected.
3. Try all usb ports, no luck
4. update usb drivers, already updated, no help
5. reinstall itunes, no luck
6. itunes starts to not open, its running in the task manager but no window shows up, even after ending the task and relaunching
7. uninstall itunes and reinstall on the OS drive, now it works, but still wont see iphone.
8. temporary fix found, iphone successfully restores on a different computer and all is good for a while
Second problem:
1. try to sync new CD onto iPhone, when suddenly I have over have my phone filled with "other" data
2. restore to clear "other" data
3. computer again wont recognize it after extracting the software
4. again use temporary fix of going to another computer
Today:
1. got a lot of new non itunes music, going to sync it
2. uh oh, I have duplicate songs on it and lots of the album artwork is wrong
3. woah, suddenly I have 5 gb of "other" data, lets restart for a clean slate
4. and like clockwork my computer doesn't recognize it after software extraction, get 4005 error message
5. reinstall itunes and itunes refuses to open because I moved it back to my 1TB drive instead of my 128GB SSD OS drive because it was getting rather full.
5. iTunes again will not open, even in safe mode but again shows up in the taskbar
I've looked at many threads similar to this and no solution has worked.
Have any ideas? or should I just bring my computer into the apple store?

Answer 1

I have stated every issue I’ve had so far in a fairly clear and concise way. I think if you read what I wrote, it all makes logical sense as to what is going on. Windows 7/8 would work just as well on a Mac if it was supported the same way the OS is for other OEMs.
As I stated earlier in the post, I’m having these same issues in windows 8, not just 8.1, which is the reason for the post. I know the difference between supported by drivers and not supported by the manufacturer. The fact that when Haswell mbp’s came out and no revision to bootcamp for the new hardware was released to fix issues with installing windows on the new hardware shows Apple clearly Is not supporting bootcamp as strongly as they advertise.
I am being realistic on Apple having drivers early. Anyone with an MSDN subscription can download the RELEASE version of windows months ahead of the actual release, I’m 100% sure if any average consumer can do that by paying $100 and saying they are a developer, apple can do it just as easily.
You aren’t much help, you haven’t answered really anything to my post, nor have you contributed any knowledge that wasn’t clearly posted above, so don’t say anything if you don’t have anything to contribute.
By the way, my rant is directed at apple, as you can see because I am saying “Apple, if you are going to…” because this is an Apple forum on Apple’s website. It is not directed to end users, clearly.