ITunes 9: Synchronisation takes up to 3 hours on Windows 7 (iPhone 3GS)

Every time I press the Sync button it takes 1 hour at minimum and up to 3 hours for syncing - even when there actually is nothing to sync, but also if only a few songs have been added to a playlist.
The CPU load is between 10 & 15 % during this time.
What does iTunes do in this time?
PS: Wonder when apple will realize that there is a new OS from Microsoft

Ok...after having synchronized 2 times in normal speed, it becomes slower and slower again...at the moment the sync is running for nearly 90 minutes with just 2 additional items (mp3)...
I will NOT configure my iPhone as a new one again - there must be another way to solve this :-|

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