ITunes downloads taking far too long

Hi. When trying to download my purchases from iTunes my PC says it is working at 100% and has taken over an hour to dowload about 25 audio tracks. I have tried the usual stuff but when I pause the downloads my PC goes back to working at about 20% or so. This seems to have become an issue since downloading the latest version of iTunes. Incidentally, apart from the internet connection, there is nothing else running on my PC. Any ideas as I can't do anything else on my PC like this as it is running at 100% and taking forever to do anything!
Thanks.

Thanks, Jason.
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Blue screen of death persists, unable to proceed until STOP error problem is fixed.
It appears that the previous problem with the long "processing file" time may have been caused by corrupt downloads resulting from the blue screen error mentioned in my previous post. However, I am unable to confirm this until I solve the problem with the continually-generated STOP errors.
I have just finished following all of the steps outlined in the link provided above by Jason L. I have completely uninstalled and removed all traces of iTunes and Quicktime from my computer, including all installation files. Then I went into MSCONFIG and changed the Services and Startup items so that nothing would start except for the required Microsoft processes, including disabling all anti-virus and firewall software. After this, I restarted my computer.
After the restart, I double-checked the processes in Task Manager to make sure there were no unnecessary processes running. There were no unrequired processes, and the applications tab was empty. I then installed Quicktime standalone and restarted. I repeated the above checks and (leaving the quicktime process running) downloaded iTunes, running the installation file after saving it to the desktop. I then restarted the computer again.
After doing all of the above, I started iTunes. It processed a few files and then sat there, ready to go. I clicked on the option to check for purchases. The 3 remaining downloads showed up and began downloading anew.
Less than 3 minutes into the download process, the blue screen of death appeared again. The technical information in this error reads as follows:
* STOP: 0x0000008E (0xC0000005, 0x0000006A, 0xEF2E6C40, 0x00000000)
I am unable to proceed further in attempting to solve this problem, as I have no unnecessary processes running and have run out of ideas. Any help is appreciated.
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