ITunes crashes on startup (7.4.3.1 and previous versions on Vista 32Bit)

Question

Deleting/moving the itunes library files (iTunes Music Library.xml and iTunes Library.itl) makes it work fine which leads me to believe it crashes when loading the playlist. But not always!
iTunes crashes on startup on my vista 32bit.
Even after I upgraded to 7.4.3.1 and reinstalled iTunes several times.
I've also tried reinstalling quicktime and selecting "Repair" to no avail.
Running it in XP2 compatibility mode doesn't help.
Disabling Aero doesn't help.
Whether or not my iPhone is plugged in or not seems to make no difference.
This is the error msg.
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: iTunes.exe
Application Version: 7.4.3.1
Application Timestamp: 46f9e539
Fault Module Name: ntdll.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.0.6000.16386
Fault Module Timestamp: 4549bdc9
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 00062613
OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.256.6
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 3121
Additional Information 2: cd54b1815dd1a98f8c82cbbbae6b50f8
Additional Information 3: cfbc
Additional Information 4: 4370a065bc45e009ac3228b1173ce35a

Answer 1

Crashes on windows xp pro sp2 as well.
A whole night wasted trying to trouble-shoot this bogus software.
Ipod touch returns to best-buy tomorrow.
Never to buy another apple product.
Love & Kisses.