ITunes 7.5 Massive Bug

Today I upgraded my iTunes 7.3 to 7.5. Yesterday everything was fine...but now whenever I try to open iTunes...it just hangs! And I've to end that program from 'Task manager'. I'm using Windows XP Sp2. I tried several uninstallation and reinstallation...but nothing seems to work! Even when I tried to roll back to 7.3...it says it can't read my library as that iTunes library was made by a newer version of iTunes (i.e. 7.5). Please help guys...looks like a major bug to be fixed in **** iTunes !

This might actually be an issue with your firewall and/or anti-virus software. I'm using 7.5 and don't have any issues with it, and I'm also on XP SP2. Did you try closing your firewall and/or anti-virus programs before opening iTunes? You might find that another program was interfering because it thought 7.5 was a new unauthorized program - I think this might esp be true for Norton users.
However, if you want to go back to 7.3 I can help you restore your old library:
1. Uninstall 7.5 and reinstall 7.3 but don't try to open it yet.
2. Go to My Music>iTunes>Previous iTunes Libraries. You should see a file called 'iTunes Library 2007-11-11' (or dated whenever you upgraded). Copy this file into the 'iTunes' folder in your 'My Music' folder.
3. Open the iTunes folder and move the 'iTunes Library.itl' file onto your desktop. Rename the file you just copied to 'iTunes Library.itl'.
4. Open the 7.3 version - it should look just like it did before!
If this worked you can delete the 'iTunes Library.itl' you moved onto the desktop; if it didn't you'll need to close iTunes, move that file back into the iTunes folder and go back to trying something else with 7.5. The only reason it might not work is because you've reinstalled several times.

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@ssprengel
I get your point but that is exactly my problem.
Not only is there no pattern but also once I reset a file that got 5316+10 to "as shot" and select "make warmer" for it again it does get the correct value! As long as I select it as a single file without others.
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File 2: 5500 / -8
File 3: 5550 / -8
File 4: 5450 / -6
File 5: 5500 / -7
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File 1: 6089 / -8
File 2: 5867 / -8
File 3: 5316 / +10
File 4: 5316 / +10
File 5: 5316 / +10
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File 3: 5550 / -8
File 4: 5450 / -6
File 5: 5500 / -7
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File 4: 5812 / -6
File 5: 5867 / -7
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