Windows PC not recognising iPod Touch / ipad

Recently I've run into this intermittent problem.
Sometimes when I connect my iPod or iPad to my PC Windows simply fails to recognise that my devices are connected. To the point where the iPod won't charge because the connection is not there.
There a bunch of things I thought it might be. Faulty cable, bad drivers, windows, bad connector on both devices. The thing is its quite random and a simple reboot solves the problem every time.
In any case I have reinstalled windows with no effect, so I am wondering if its an issue with the Apple drivers that come with the latest iTunes as it is a fairly recent issue.
Anyone else had an issue like that?

I CAN'T GET COMPUTER TO RECOGNISE IPOD TOUCH THIRD GEN.TRIED ALL FIXES, DRIVERS,
REINSTALL ITUNES,WHEN I FIRST INSTALLED IPOD, COMPUTER RECOGNISED IT

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