HELP! phone not linking with itunes on laptop

[dai]

having registered my new 'baby' my i tunes does not seem to recognise my phone anymore. when i plug my phone into the lap top i tunes comes up but there is not recognition of it under devices or in any other way. THIS IS VERY FRUSTRATING

 

[Venom]

Can you give me some more details....What iPhone do you have, IOS, and what are you running? PC? Mac? Windows xp? Vista? Win7?

Have you tried different usb ports? When you plug your phone into usb does it charge? Are you using the oem usb cable?