HT1768 Song Preview in iTunes Store plays only 9 seconds

I run vista 64 bit. Lately when I preview a song in the itunes store only 9 seconds (exactly) of the preview will play. Also, when I purchase music, I am getting download errors. This has only been an issue for a few weeks. I am hoping to fix the without the hassle of completely uninstalling & reinstalling iTunes and risk loosing my iPhone data, song data etc.

My Itunes previews have been playing fully now for the past few days. After trying every suggestion possible to fix the problem of 5-10 second previews, I took the advice on one feed to use OpenDNS for your network internet connection. There are internet sites that will instruct you how to do it. Just Google "opendns for (your operating system)". I have Windows XP and followed a video instruction at www.top-windows-tutorals.com/using-opendns.html. Afterward, close your browser and then flush the DNS Resolver cache; Start/Run, type CMD in the open field, click OK, in resulting window type ipconfig/flushdns, press return on keyboard. No guarantees, but my browser is faster and my Itunes previews are playing fully so far. But I still shudder every time I hit the preview button.

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