ITunes 10.6.3.25 doesn't recognise CDs

Question

Hi,
My iTunes always worked perfectly fine until the other day when it stopped recognising my music CDs. When running Diagnostics it says there are no issues and recognises the CD drive but it won't show the CD on the left hand side, under Devices. This means that I cannot import my music normally.
I have not installed any new programs but I noticed that Roxio had started popping up (I didn't even know I had it installed on my machine and had never used it before) so I uninstalled it. The problem still persists.
The odd thing is, if I reboot my PC, iTunes will recognise the first CD I put in but will not show any subsequent CD I insert in the drive.
Any idea of what could be causing the problem and how to fix it? I am running Windows 7, btw. Many thanks!

Answer 1

Hey thanks for replying.
Here's what I did:
First I tried the Winsock reset in the Command prompt. Nothing changed.
Next, I tried the instructions on http://http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4123. The only other program that came up on the 'Winsock Providers' tab on the program was 2 Windows Live applications, which I can do without. So I deleted all Windows Live Applications.
I did the Winsock reset in the Command Prompt again and rebooted my comp.
Unfortunately, nothing has changed. iTunes keeps freezing at various stages of the sync, then shows the candy cane-striped bar with either the words 'Finishing sync' or 'Cancelling sync', before showing the Apple logo.
Sometimes, iTunes gets to the syncing stage - "Copying # of ####" - where it will trudge through the first, second and third tracks before flashing "Copying 4 of ####" for a split second and I catch "Cancelling sync" briefly before the Apple logo appears.
Again, I've repeated the steps I mentioned in my previous post. Does ANYONE know when the new version of iTunes is set to be released?! This one is driving me INSANE, to say the least!!