I tune freezes when I try to burn

OK, like everyone else I have read through countless threads looking for a solution to my problem. My problem being that I can no longer burn play lists containing both purchased and imported music. I can burn just purchased or just imported, but not together. So this leaves me to believe that this is an iTunes issue. (It all started back when 4.9 was out.) Since then I have removed it, repaired, upgraded it, and everything else I could think of under the sun. I was hoping when iTunes 6 came out it would solve the problem, but it didn't. I even thought to myself hey maybe it is my computer so I took the songs I wanted to burn and put them on multiple machines (3 others) and try to burn the with iTunes. No luck same thing happened, thought hey maybe it is the songs. Nope they couldn't do it with their own songs either. So like I said this has to be an iTunes software issue. Now I am sure their are more people out their with the same problem and they have called apple and sent their diagnostics in, but no one has come up with any answers. I have searched and searched, but their are no answers out their. You would have figured by now someone would be like hey I have found a solution. Oh well all I am asking in this semi-rant is for an answer to the problem why iTunes freezes when trying to burn playlists containing purchased and imported music? Thanks for your time.
-Lost

Hello gardinfool,
Thanks for the question, and welcome to Apple Support Communities.
I understand you are having issues with FaceTime for Mac. The following resource outlines various troubleshooting steps that may lead to a resolution:
FaceTime for Mac: Troubleshooting FaceTime
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4185
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Matt M.

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hi Robert!
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no, i can't find anything relevant to do with conflicts with those packages. I'm not sure it's worth trying to uninstall 7.1 just to see what happens. (given that it's actually
b working
at the moment.)
curses. okay, at this point in time, all i can suggest is to start wading through our sea of documentation on burning problems. i believe you've already seen some of this, so apologies in advance:
b noir, "error codes" #4, 08:56am Aug 25, 2005
and then it's into the holding pattern ... keep checking the links to Apple docs, because they get updated. keep refreshing the thread with a post every now and then, in case we've been able to accumulate some more relevant working wisdom on the forums.
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love, b

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Thanks for your question.
My system has all of the updates and drivers. The problem stated when I upgraded iTunes.
Are you suggesting that because of that, I need to upgrade to Windows XP?
Many people are having the same problem as I, and they already have Windows XP....so I doubt that is the problem.
My question is:
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