Apple TV sync problem

When I start iTunes, Apple TV immediately starts to sync, but this causes my PC to go so slow as to make it unusable for anything else. Is there any way I can start iTunes without it syncing with Apple TV (apart from switching off Apple TV, which as my wife is watching it in the other room is a problem!!!)

Are they different sizes? There was a 40GB and 160GB version.
If one is showing half the content of the other, is this when you turn iTunes off? If so it's because by default AppleTV will show a list of both synced content and content available to stream automatically from itunes when it's running (unless you choose the iTunes AppleTV device option to 'show only synced items').
Are you syncing automatically or using a custom sync?
Also if syncing automatically content may differ a lot depending on what's been watched on each device especially if one device is used for watching more smaller items and the other for longer bigger items.
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