Itunes 7.1 crashes when ipod attached

Question

Everything was fine before I upraded to 7.1
Now when I attach ipod, itunes does not launch. If I launch it first, it freezes when ipod is attached and crashes the system. This happens nine times out of ten.
I have tried uninstalling and re-installing itunes
Does anyone know a solution or a way to get back to version 6, please? I am using XP media player
HP Pavillion   Windows XP  

Answer 1

Now when I attach ipod, itunes does not launch. If I launch it first, it freezes when ipod is attached and crashes the system.
are you getting any sort of blue screen? if so, what numerical and text codes are you getting with it? (ie 0x[zeros/letters/numbers] CAPSANDUNDERSCORES)
if the blue screen mentions a specific file, let us know what that is called too. (exact spelling, please.)
here's a reference on the sorts of things i'm asking about:
Troubleshooting Windows Stop Messages
if you're not seeing a blue screen (or just a flash of one), we can use this technique to make hidden blue screens appear for us:
1) Open your system control panel (Start->Control Panels->System).
2) Select the "Advanced" tab.
3) Click the "Startup and Recover" section's "Settings" button
4) Verify that under "System Failure" the "Automatically restart" checkbox is not checked.