ITunes Keeps restarting

Hi All,
I've seen several Discussions on this but none of the answers seem to work for me.
I just built a new windows 7 (64-bit) machine. Updated all the Windows software not running MS Office.
I installed iTunes 10.5.2.11 and started reloading music from my old machine. Then I closed down iTunes and 5 seconds later it restarts and that cycle will continue when ever I try to close it. The only way to close it is to open task manager and kill the process or log off.
I have tried repairing the installation of iTunes.
I have uninstalled it and reinstalled it.
nothing seems to fix this issue.
I haven't loaded any additional software, apps, addons, widgets etc.. Just installed iTunes and tried to exit it and it will restart within seconds.
This is extremely annoying, has anyone solved this issue yet?
Since this machine is going to eventually be for my son and his new iPod Touch i want it working correctly so that I don't have to waste even more time with it.
Thank you for any help you can give me.
-Phil

Hi Joy,
You may have to download the Sony's VAIO Entertainment Platform update.
This article: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2715 describes a similar issue related to the Sony VAIO Entertainment Platform.
-Jason

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For the last few months, my Macbook Pro kept restarting itself and I usually ignored this issue until yesterday, my MBP fail to boot up, only display the grey apple logo and rolling icon below for almost 30 mins.
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