Q: apple mobile device service will not start

I am attempting to reinstall iTunes onto my laptop. The Apple Mobile Device Service will not not start. I continue to receive the following error message: "Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion". At first, I had 2 Apple Mobile Device service features on my pc, one which would start right away and the other which generated the error message. I uninstalled everything Apple from my pc and started fresh, only to receive the same error message. Has anyone else experienced this problem? How do I fix it?