Itunes hanging problem

**i have a weird problem with my itunes witch just recently started. when i wake my macbook up and start itunes it will hang for about 45sec to a minute before opens. i can either wait or force quit and restart. ones i get it started it will open fine till i put macbook to sleep then it will happened again on wake up. the weird part about this is that it does not happened all the times but 90%. i reinstall itunes 3 times but it did not fixed the problem. i went to apple store twice but could not recreate a problem. the first time the guy deleted some files, the second time he did reset on RAM. problem still here. i don't wont to go back to the store as im afraid i wont be able to recreate this problem. any ideas as to why this is happening? also i have tryed to recreate the library,safe boot the macbook. still no luck. should i run disc utility?**
**macbook early 2008 Mac OS X (10.6.2) itunes 9.0.2**

check if you have read & write permissions for your iTunes _music folder_. in finder, right-click on it and +get info+. unlock the little padlock (you may have to enter your admin password) and change the permission settings. next, click on the little gear-shaped icon and +apply to enclosed items+ like so
you may also give everyone read & write access. if this doesn't help, try the same on your iTunes folder (not just the iTunes music folder).

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    =============================================================

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