Itunes freezes with Windows 7

Help! I have an issue with Itunes freezing everytime I open it. Its getting really irritating and I'm getting ready to return my Ipod. I love it but the software is not cooperating...

I had the same problem and resetting winsock resolved it. iTunes would endlessly display "Accessing iTunes Store" without ever actually connecting. I couldn't Authorize my computer to play purchased music or buy new music. I would have to kill iTunes in Task Manager and restart iTunes. I am running Windows 7, installed latest version of iTunes recently. Uninstall and reinstall didn't work. Here's how my husband finally got it working:
The last 4 or 5 lines at the bottom of the document (pasted entire string of text below) are the things that I ran to get it working:
Make sure that c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\HOSTS file has 127.0.0.1 in it!
Reset ipconfig
Flush DNS
Reset all winsock networking connections
iTunes is NOT enabled in Windows Firewall.
Connection attempt to Apple web site was unsuccessful.
The network connection timed out.
Basic connection to the store failed.
The network connection timed out.
Connection attempt to Gracenote server was successful.
The network connection timed out.
Last successful iTunes Store access was 2013-02-04 14:12:42.
Start | Run ... | cmd
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew
ipconfig /flushdns
netsh winsock reset all
netsh int ip reset all

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