ITunes slow

I know this is a big topic for discussion, and have reviewed hundreds of posts with solutions ranging from apple/microsoft conspiracy theories to programmer incompetence. The bottom line is I have iTunes running on a dell desktop with XP-Pros SP3 with no problems - but on my dell Latitude laptop with the same software applications (including AV and anti-spyware apps), iTunes is unbearably slow - literally taking anywhere from 20 seconds to 1 min to perform any action. It does not seem to bog the computer down as I can surf the web and use other applications with no hit in performance, and task manager shows no abnormal processor usage.
I have set all my AV and spyware programs to not scan when opening files, and have even uninstalled these programs with no change in iTunes' performance issues. Thorough scans by AVG, Trend Micro, Trojan Hunter, Spybot S&D, Malware Bytes and Avast have all come up clean (and no, I do not have all these programs at installed and running the same time).
I ran sysinternals Filemon and noticed that a couple processes seemed to interject themselves after I perform some action within iTunes:
svchost.exe c:\Program Files\Dell\OpenManage\Client\Inf\DellOMCl.inf
lap.exe c:\Windows\System32\Dellsys.dll
svchost.exe c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Provisioning\store.xml
I also noticed that if I minimize a window that ovelapped the iTunes window, the overlapped portion remains displayed in the iTunes window for quite a while. Even repositioning the iTunes window is slow (again not so with other programs or windows)
I feel confident I have ruled out interference from malware, and anti-virus/malware programs. I have disabled most of the features within iTunes itself, and tried various updates of my video driver - I am at a loss
and very frustrated because I am forced to use iTunes to synch my calendar and music on my iPhone.
Does anyone have any new suggestions or ideas to try

Kaspersky is reputed to make computers slower but I doubt this might be the reason.
You can try another excellent Anti-virus called Antivir http://www.free-av.com or an alternative to iTunes http://ipodmanagers.blogspot.com

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I had the same problem as the pperson who posted the question below. I followed the advice of wiclee after trying everything else imaginable and iTunes now works properly!
why is Itunes slowing down my computer
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e_riddle
        Jan 10, 2012 2:03 PM
I have the latest version of Itunes and all updates for my Ipad 2, however anytime I connect my ipad 2 to my computer now it takes for ever to do anything until after a restart then everything is fine again, untill I go to connect to itunes again by usb. Why is this latest version slowing down my PC?
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Re: why is Itunes slowing down my computer     Jan 10, 2012 4:43 PM    (in response to e_riddle)
Try this,
Close your iTunes,
Go to command Prompt -
(Win 7/Vista) - START/ALL PROGRAMS/ACCESSORIES, right mouse click "Command Prompt", choose "Run as Administrator".
(Win XP SP2 & above) - START/ALL PROGRAMS/ACCESSORIES/Command Prompt
In the "Command Prompt" screen, type in
netsh winsock reset
Hit "ENTER" key
Restart your computer.
Now launch your iTunes and see if it is working now.

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hi,
i searched through the forums and i didn't see that exact issue so i decided to post it.
as soon as i share my library itunes completely slows down.
- starting to play songs takes 5 seconds and displays the rotating rainbow circle
- rating songs takes 5 seconds also and displays the rotating rainbow circle
- resuming play after pausing also
there are two more interesting issues:
- i have a few albums where it doesn't happen! the albums aren't encoded different, have the same version of tags, are on the same drive in an adjacent folder. i tried reimporting songs, placing it into different folders or harddrives. no changes.
- only 2% of my library is shared and it seems like most of it is recently added music. but: no differences in encoding, tags, place on the harddrive. renaming, readding, moving the files didn't change the situation.
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When you are sharing your iTunes, any other users you share with are accessing your hard drive and music foilder simultaneously with you. Since shared users are not playing exactly the same song at the same time as you, your hard drive's heads are scanning and reading from more points than they would be with you alone listening. There is a need to cache some part of the files for sharing, and that uses a bit of your RAM too. I guess it would be similar to saying that your car drives fine as long as you are driving it alone. Pile a few friends in with you, tow their cars behind yours, and suddenly, your car has nowhere near the performance it did with just you in it. Aside from adding more RAM, buying a fatser hard drive or stepping up your processor, this is simply an issue with sharing one system between more than one user at the same time, and it can't be remedied.

Fix? iTunes slow to import CD, sync iPod, freezes on credits - Page Faults

All,
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+ Right click on the "My Computer" icon
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I suspect that the iTunes is calling a function that it expects the video card to do easily. I suspect that the video card doesn't have that functionality, so the video card driver tries to emulate the functionality. The slow response from the driver apparently causes iTunes to go haywire.
If you read this far:
Please let me know if you found this helpful by writing a response.
If you can think of anything (other than buying a new computer) that would allow this applicaiton to work, let me know. BTW: A real old version of quicktime works just fine on my 486!
Apple developers:
I would be open for a test bed if you need older HW to qualify on.
Any idea why the credits would cause the page faults?
Any way to use a bare bones video library (e.g. no scrolled fades etc.)?
For an application that essentially copies files to my iPod, it sure uses a lot of resources.

Welcome to AD!
This is a user chat board - Apple developers won't be seeing your post. You could re-send it using
itunes menu > Help > Provide iTunes Feedback
Hoewever, don't expect a reply.
the iTunes 8.1 system requirements page states
+A DirectX 9.0-compatible video card with 32MB of video RAM; 64MB recommended+
It's not that surprising that itunes doesn't act right on your PC.
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GOod morning.
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