Itunes continually freezes - Running Windows 7 Ultimate

Can anyone assist - my iTunes continually freezes and I have to end the process and try again.  Sometimes this works, sometimes it doesn't.
My PC is a Corei7, 12 GB ram running 64 Bit Windows 7 Ultimate
This is extremely frustrating - my prior PC's running both XP and Vista had similar issues
Appreicate any direction

Try working through this troubleshooting article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1717
If you had similar problems on other PCs, it makes me wonder if you have software in common that does not play nice with iTunes.

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