

Indeed, Windows will reinstall this driver if you uninstall it.
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In at least some cases, Windows will install the 'MTP USB' driver. This is essential and a common source of problems. Step 4 of checks if the Apple Mobile Device USB driver is installed. These services have different names under the Processes table versus the Services tab of Task Manager.ĪppleMobileDeviceService.exe - Apple Mobile Device Note that the iPod service and the iphlpsvc service must also be running. Check this using Task Manager (started by right clicking the taskbar). Testing shows that the Apple Mobile Device service must be running. If the Idevice is properly known to Windows and iTunes can't see it, then any number of other things could be wrong. On some machines it does, on others it does not. The iDevice may or may not show up in the Windows Explorer.
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You might find it under Portable Devices or it might be under Universal Serial Bus controllers. If you iDevice shows up as 'Yes' under connected, it should also be visible in the Device Manager (found in the Windows 7 Control Panel under Hardware and Sound). You will need to try them until your iDevice shows up in USBDeview as 'Yes' under Connected. Note that your iDevice might be listed as what it is (iPad or iPhone) or it might be listed as 'Apple Mobile Device USB Driver' in the 'Description' column.Īpple has a number of ideas to resolve this sort of basic connectivity issue, including switching USB ports, resetting your iDevice, rebooting your iDevice, rebooting your computer, etc.

If your iPad or iPhone doesn't show up as Yes (under 'Connected') then your iDevice is not properly connected to your computer. Just run the program and sort on the 'Connected' column. Don't worry, it's not Spyware or Malware. You can get this (very small) program from or. This can be (really) checked using a program called USBDeview. The first step is to verify that the iPad (or iPhone) is really connected to your computer. The following two step process should help resolve these kinds of problems more quickly. After messing with it for a long time, I finally found the answer (bad USB driver). I had this problem with my PC (windows 7, 64-bit) and my iPad.
