Same problem, specifically I get an ustoppable series of popups with the one error... "AppleMobileDevice Helper has stopped working". Included is the problem signature
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: AppleMobileDeviceHelper.exe
Application Version: 7.8.420.0
Application Timestamp: 48763498
Fault Module Name: Secur32.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.0.6001.18000
Fault Module Timestamp: 4791a777
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 000021b3
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: c54c
Additional Information 2: 7a7df97ee638cc3ba7ee14d43a3de54b
Additional Information 3: 5c1a
Additional Information 4: 152aa605a42ecf4f6790321d85cd5414
If anyone can help it would be great....
Sounds like the unistall may be a band aide, but I am guessing the iPhone I ordered yesterday will require that piece of the software.