iTunes says it's updated but it's not? (and other problems)
Near the end of February, I plugged my iPhone 4S into my computer (Toshiba Satellite), as always, and it was not detected in iTunes.. Neither was my iPad mini or my iPod 4th gen. They showed up in devices, but were under the category 'unspecified'. I looked for solutions online but nothing ever worked. I tried updating my devices from the 'unknown' category, stopping and restarting the Apple Mobile Device Service (it will stop but it will not start, then all options become unavailable), repairing iTunes & driver, as well as uninstalling and completely reinstalling iTunes around five times (my music never disappears though? Like not all of the data leaves, somehow, even though I delete everything), and nothing works. I then had to switch all of my music to another computer (Lenovo Thinkpad, very old) and install iTunes on that one, to which all of my devices synced perfectly to, as well as being detected by my computer. I used that computer for my devices and music and everything was good.
However, I am now realizing that even though my iTunes is the same on both computers (latest version) and even though I checked and there are no updates on either, the iTunes on my Toshiba does not match the preview of the newest iTunes, and therefore the iTunes on the Thinkpad. It still has the File/Edit/View/Controls/Store/Help bar, and moreover looks like an older version. On top of this, when started up, it becomes unresponsive for 5 - 10 minutes.
I know I shouldn't be bothered since I switched it all to my back-up computer, but my Toshiba laptop is my main one, so I'd like to see if there's any possible way to fix this incredibly frustrating problem.
iPhone 4S, Windows 8
