ITunes 7- runs slow, makes ibook run slow

hi,
ever since downloading itunes 7, i've been having a lot of issues with it and my ibook. my computer has been running insanely slow and itunes, if it decides to open at all, takes a few minutes to open. most of the time it just says "application not responding" and i have to force quit even though itunes never even opened. it's gotten to a point where my computer is pretty much unusable. can anyone help?
thanks
ibook g4 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Try to download iTunes 7.0.1 via Software Update. If iTunes is still unstable, then the best way IS to re-install the previous version. Most people are doing that.

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Error code - iTunes cannot run because some of its required files are missing. Please try and reinstall iTunes.
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Did not want to go there, but that gave me the idea of trying system restore.
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