Extremely Slow Shutdown (WinXP with iTunes 7)

I am running WinXP Media Center 2005 (SP2) on an Intel Pentium D-950 with 2 meg RAM. Prior to installing iTunes 7, the duration of the shutdown procedure could be measured in seconds. However, now that iTunes 7 has been installed, the shutdown process takes more than 3 minutes. Do you have any ideas for fixing this issue?
Intel Pentium D 950 Windows XP Pro Media Center 2005 SP2

My computer (PC) is having the same problem. Songs are importing at 1.0. This is ridiculous! It usually takes less than two minutes for a full music CD to download to my PC using Itunes. It's taking something like forty minutes per song. I tried uninstalling 7 and reinstalling 6 but don't try it because it doesn't work. If you try reinstalling 6, then you get a message saying that you can't load your music because the files were created in a 'newer version of Itunes.' DUH. And I checked and I can't get phone support since I've had my IPOD way over 90 days, but this is the first IPOD/ITUNES problem I've had that doesn't have an obvious answer.

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( While I'm an embedded wireless systems engineer at work, on this forum I do not represent my former employer, Hewlett-Packard, or my current employer, Microsoft )
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