Connecting to music stores causes iTunes to close!

I have been experiencing the problem where every time I
try to connect to the music store, it starts to load up
and then iTunes inexplicably closes. I updated iTunes to
6.05 and it still does the same things. Anyone have any
idea as to what the problem might be?
Thanks,
Anthony
  Windows XP Pro  

I am having the same problem. But it freezes my iTunes and to close it I have to ctrl alt delete and end task. I tried it on both of my computers with no luck accessing the music store.

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