Itunes 64 bit Windows 7 stops playing

I have just installed the most recent Itunes 64 bit for Windows 7 (10.6.1.7)
Itunes stops playing and becomes unresponsive after about 2 songs if there is nothing else running. If there is another program running, it happens after a minute.
The problem occurs when Itunes is started in Safe Mode and also when a new library is created.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I have iTunes 10.6.1.7 on Window 7 playing internet radio.
It will work for a good period of time ( hour or two), but then hangs.
iTunes is not responding and has to be killed with Taskmgr.
This happens every day now. It was not a problem on earlier versions.
I tried to go back to 10.3 but it will not read my .itl files.
APPLE, please fix!

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