ITunes multiple  movie bug???

Recently I was trying to put some IT rental movies on my Windows computer. FWIW, I'm using Win 7 with IT 10. I picked out 5 movies and started them downloading the day before I left on the trip. I made a mistake in not checking closely, assuming all 5 movies DL ok.
Flash forward a few days and now I want to watch a movie. So, I load up IT and click on a movie, only to find none of the 5 have completed the DL with HOURS to go before they're done. Apparently, all 5 movies are DL at the same time in a VERY slow mode. So I turn off 4 of the movie DL and then the first movie is quickly DL and is viewable. I had to do this with all 4 of the other movies also. One at a time to get any kind of speed.
So, I'm wondering if there is a bug that drastically slows down DL if more than one movie is being DL at the same time? Note all DL was done with WiFi on broadband connections. I won't be making this mistake again unless I want to let my computer "gin" for about 2 weeks while DL.

Thank you for posting that workaround--I was having the same problem. I hope there is a fix soon.
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