ITunes locking up constantly

I'm a new iPod and iTunes user and all of my software is current. I've been ripping my CD collection to my hard drive and now I want to copy many of those songs to my iPod. Unfortunately whenever I attempt to do so, whether manually or via auto-synch, iTunes locks up and I need to kill it via Vista.
I've tried all suggestions and none of them work. Any other ideas? At this point I'm ready to uninstall iTunes and return the iPod and all accessories.

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