ITunes doesn't work after reinstallation following system restore

My Toshiba Satellite P100 uses Windows XP SP2. I don't think my hardware is a real issue in this instance, but I can post it if others think it's pertinent.
I installed iTunes a couple weeks ago and things seemed to work pretty well. I began having issues with my computer freezing up (always when I was away from the computer, so I don't know why) and my fingerprint reader stopped working with Firefox, so I decided to try a System Restore. I set it to restore to December 10th, and both issues seem to have been resolved. However, since December 10th was before iTunes was installed, I had to reinstall iTunes. The installation seemed to work fine, but when I clicked finish with the box to launch iTunes afterwards checked, iTunes did not launch. I thought little of it, and just double-clicked the iTunes icon on my desktop. I got an error message like the following:
"iTunes has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
If you were in the middle of something, the information you were working on might be lost.
Please tell Microsoft about this problem
We have created an error report that you can send to us. We will treat this report as confidential and anonymous.
To see what data this error report contains, click here."
I clicked on the link, but the information it provided was over my head. If anyone thinks it could be helpful in fixing this, let me know and I'll post it.
And then there are two buttons, "Send Error Report" and "Don't Send".
I've seen this kind of error message before when a program gets overloaded or something and has to shut down, but this pops up every time I try to open iTunes (either from the Program Files menu or from the Desktop) and I never even see the iTunes window before the error forces it to shut down. I have tried both rebooting my computer and reinstalling iTunes, but I am still having the same problem. I don't want to have to revert to my old system settings now that my machine is running better, so any advice on an alternative would be greatly appreciated.

I AM HAVING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM!!! It happened when I upgraded to the newest version of itunes. I did a system restore to a date when everything was working fine and my itunes still did not work. I have tried to go back to an older version and do uninstall/install but the same thing keeps happening. If you figure it out let me know and I will do the same. Also, my quicktime seems to not be working normally.
My Toshiba Satellite P100 uses Windows XP SP2. I
don't think my hardware is a real issue in this
instance, but I can post it if others think it's
pertinent.
I installed iTunes a couple weeks ago and things
seemed to work pretty well. I began having issues
with my computer freezing up (always when I was away
from the computer, so I don't know why) and my
fingerprint reader stopped working with Firefox, so I
decided to try a System Restore. I set it to restore
to December 10th, and both issues seem to have been
resolved. However, since December 10th was before
iTunes was installed, I had to reinstall iTunes. The
installation seemed to work fine, but when I clicked
finish with the box to launch iTunes afterwards
checked, iTunes did not launch. I thought little of
it, and just double-clicked the iTunes icon on my
desktop. I got an error message like the following:
"iTunes has encountered a problem and needs to close.
We are sorry for the inconvenience.
f you were in the middle of something, the
information you were working on might be lost.
Please tell Microsoft about this problem
We have created an error report that you can send to
us. We will treat this report as confidential and
anonymous.
To see what data this error report contains, click
here."
I clicked on the link, but the information it
provided was over my head. If anyone thinks it could
be helpful in fixing this, let me know and I'll post
it.
And then there are two buttons, "Send Error Report"
and "Don't Send".
I've seen this kind of error message before when a
program gets overloaded or something and has to shut
down, but this pops up every time I try to open
iTunes (either from the Program Files menu or from
the Desktop) and I never even see the iTunes window
before the error forces it to shut down. I have tried
both rebooting my computer and reinstalling iTunes,
but I am still having the same problem. I don't want
to have to revert to my old system settings now that
my machine is running better, so any advice on an
alternative would be greatly appreciated.
Dell Dimension 3000 Windows XP
Dell Dimension 3000 Windows XP

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