Itunes freezes when i try to play a song

almost every time i try to play a song, itunes freezes. i restart my computer and it still happens. it says that the song is playing but the time marker stays at 0:00. i am running windows 7 itunes 10.2.2

Here are a couple of articles that cover your problem. Any luck with them?
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1717
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1362

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