ITunes freezing entire computer

Since downloading the new version of iTunes our computer freezes completely within a minute of the iTunes program opening-and it is very slow opening. I have tried everything listed except uninstalling and installing an older version. If I do that will I loose all my music? It freezes so fast that I can't back up the files to a disk. I think I have the library saved on my desktop as xml files but when I try to open the file the computer can't read it-unknown format. HELP

have you worked through the following troubleshooting document?
iTunes for Windows: Troubleshooting unexpected quits, freezes, or launch failures

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b specifically
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b twice
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b still
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I just bought my first ipod a few weeks back. I downloaded itunes and moved all of the music off of my computer onto my itunes, then synced it to my ipod.
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