ITunes becomes unresponsive when laptop sleeps

I am running windows with the latest version of iTunes (10.2.1.1) and the problem is that iTunes will become unresponsive if I have iTunes open and then I close the lid of my laptop to sleep. When I open the lid the task manager will show iTunes as "Not Responding" so I have to terminate the process.
This became an issue in the latest updates and was also an issue in older verions of iTunes too. I am running windows 7 64 bit

I had to change my laptop's setting when I have my external hard drive connected. The exHD has all my song files on it. It was taking too long to wake up after opening the lid.
So, go into the laptop's power option and try different things. Another option (not a fun one) is close itunes before shutting the lid.

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