Blue Screen on Vista

I had been running iTunes since December on a windows vista ultimate 64bit Sony VGN-SR290 and staying up to date with iTunes. I have had a 40GB Apple TV and recently bought a 160GB version. When I installed the 160 I I updated to the lastest version of iTunes and adjusted the settings so that the 160 was for Video and the 40 is music.
When the 160 is syncing everything works well for about 10 minutes, it finished sync about one movie then crash, Blue Screen. The error is related to IRQL message on the blue screen.
I unistalled/re-installed itunes and got the same problem. I have since removed both of the ATVs and I am not having any issues.
Any ideas?

Sorry, no idea what is causing the problem or what to try. Thought I would at least let you know it will work. I am running a new system, Dell Quad, with Vista 64. I have an Airport Extreme Dual band, an ATV 160G, (2) Airport Express configured as a 2.4 and 5.0 Ghz networks. It allworks well, the ATV syncs with no problems. I also use an iPhone & a Touch as remotes.
If you are running Norton 360, try upgrading to release 3, that cleared up some problems I was having. Could not see AExt & AExp from Airport Utility.
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