Itunes a power hog on XP

im using itunes 8.01 its so buggy! it eats lots of my computer memory and its difficult to sync.
what can i do? i want itunes to run faster, is there a tweak?
also it changed the some album aRtworks!

The solution I found was the following:
1. Delete all of the files from that folder, >1000, from iTunes.
2. Copy the Windows Media Player folder to a local drive on my computer with a wired connection.
3. Set iTunes preferences to copy files when imported.
4. Add the folfer to the iTunes library.
5. Delete the Windows Media Player folder on my local drive.
This is not optimal because I need to have the space available to maintain my previous library and new library on my hard drive at the same time, but it works.

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