ITunes Freezes on Windows 7

Has anyone experienced iTunes freezing up while on Windows 7? I just installed the newest version (10.2.1.1) and it has frozen twice.

iTunes freezes ALL THE TIME for me on Windows 7 -64 bit.  I have to kill the process in task manager and restart it.
Generally, this happens when I plug my iPad 2 in, without first starting iTunes.  Then iTunes "starts" and stays frozen.
It happens in other situations also, all when it appears that an "auto" process is initiated, rather than one I have initiated.
This is more annoying because one cannot do much of anything in moving stuff back and forth between the iPad and the computer without iTunes.  (Dropbox aside). 
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