ITunes Freezing...HELP!

I'm running OS X 10.3.9 and ever since I installed the iTunes 6.0.3 update my computer either freezes the moment I connect my iPod to it or a message pops up saying I must restart and forces me to do so. Of course my warranty is up on the iPod and Apple won't help out unless I give them $50 for their 'technical advice'. Is anyone else having this problem or does someone know how to fix it????

Hey Cathy,
My laptop does the same thing exactly and I have to shut down evertime just to be able to unfreeze Itunes because I can't even use force quit!!!
As soon as I hook up my Ipod nothing happens and I don't see it anywhere and then I have to do what I mentioned above!!
did you get any response regarding this problem
?

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Ok seriously. We pay way too much for these things for crap like this to happen all the time. Apple has us all by the gonads b/c they know we can't get them to work any other way.
Friday, my 80G classic worked just freaking fine on my home computer. After I reinstalled it b/c of some error with quicktime. I also connected it to my brother's laptop over the weekend it did fine. Used it on work computer today worked fine---after I had to uninstall and reinstall quicktime.
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So in a nut shell....I CAN'T back up my stuff, b/c iTunes *****. Now in order to use it I have to reformat my iPod, which will erase all my stuff. So I'm SCREWED. I'm not usually a hostile person, but at this point I could scream!!!!!
the apple/iTunes support team has been nothing but helpful on some duplicate song issues I've had in the past. Why in the H*LL can't they freaking fix this???
If I have to reload 80G it won't be on an iPod. I'll sell the **** thing to some other sucker, find something else, or for pete's sake, go back to CDs.
Don't tell me Apple doesn't have enough money or enough geniuses (genii) to figure this out with out it causing my time and money I've already spent.
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Hello there,
And welcome to Apple Discussions.
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HT1925: Removing and Reinstalling iTunes for Windows XP
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