ITunes Causing Screen To Flash

I have a problem that seems to be unique. Ever since installing the new iTunes, 7.3, whenever I launch iTunes, the screen begins to flash. It flashes off and on, and sometimes it just fades a bit and then comes back. It is almost as if the screen is refreshing over and over again. This is continuous as long as iTunes is open. It is also fully functional, just hard to track to the right buttons with it flashing. I am having absolutely no other screen problems other than this one. As soon as I close iTunes, everything is fine. I have tried uninstalling and re-installing, and that did not help. Has anyone heard of this problem? Thanks for any help.

Sorry it took so long to reply. While attemptng to create a new profile, my hard drive crashed. It was DOA, so I have installed a new one, and iTunes seems to be fine now. Maybe it was the hard drive going bad that caused the problem all along. It will be impossible to know now. Anyway, thanks for the reply, and help. If I have any more problems, I'll know where to come!
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