Itunes issues with windows 8... laggy?

anyone one else having abit a of laggy issue with playing music on windows 8?
i just upgraded to windows 8 con. preview, and its great and fast.
i use to have windows 7 and itunes never skipped a beat.
i have a sony viao with an upgraded ram and ssd hdd.
and its pretty fast.
so i dont think its my computer and windows 8 seems to be fine.
anyone else having this issue? but it only happens now and then.......
NOTE:
i have my music all copied to my sdd hdd aswell
and thats all thats really on there as i have ext. hdd's.
i have a average size library in itunes with around about 50gb of music.

I had the same issues with Windows 8 Consumer Preview. I installed on a fresh system and still had issues.
I experienced extreme lag, with pretty much everything, and iTunes freezing once I attempted to change the currently playing song.
I had a mess with compatibility mode and found out that running it in with Compatibility mode enabled for Windows XP (Service Pack 3) and as an administrator fixed it. It works now, however, there is a popup message that comes up on launch telling you to change the compatibility settings, but pressing "OK" makes it go away.
How?
Open Windows Explorer, and navigate to: "C:\Program Files\iTunes" (For 32bit) or "C:\Program Files (x86)\iTunes" (For 64bit), unless you changed it.
Right-click on "iTunes.exe", select "Properties" from the context menu, and click the "Compatibility" tab.
Under "Compatibility mode" check off "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" and select "Windows XP (Service Pack 3)" from the drop down menu.
Further down under "Privilege level" check off "Run this program as an administrator".
Click "Apply" and "OK".
Should fix any issues, I have my default iTunes Media Folder Location within an external hard drive so unplugging all of my USB's wasn't an option.
Hope I helped!

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