ITunes on windows 8- Downloads songs I didn't ask it too, now crashes on connecting to store

Windows 8 64bit, desktop mode exclusive using start8, 4th gen i7-4800MQ CPU, Nvidia Geforce 740m 2gb discrete alongside on cpu intel hd4600 integrated. 8gb ddr3 (2x4). 1tb hdd + 24gb mSSD for primary HDD acceleration through cache. 768kbps netspeed. I meet the requirements I think, anyways:
I just recieved my new laptop last week, I installed itunes about three days ago. the software has always been problematic for me, but nothing like this before. When I tried to download some songs, I forgot to authorize first, so It goes through them one by one, giving me an error or every 4-5 songs about how i need to authorize. Next, I try to authorize. upon doing this, it acts like it is now downloading some of the songs, showing them being acquired, without me asking it to. it then procedes to crash giving a generic "has stopped working" message. the weird part is, the song it thought it was downloading, there are no trace of in my itunes music folder. and it went through a few before crashing. (one at a time, simulataneous downloads was not on yet, so i know some had finished) now when i try to relaunch, it starts fine until it attempts to connect to the store. I can see my library for all of 2-3 seconds before it says "acessing the store" and then crashes. same generic error. "has stopped working and needs to close" does itunes save any crash dumps I can take a look at? is this a common issue or have i somehow corrupted my account serverside? It also seems kinda weird there isnt a number i can call to get support without having to pay for it. I've already bought over 75 albums and even a ton of individual purchases over the years, not even including my original itunes account that was lost that had even more!
I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, restarting, registry cleaning and restoring, installing with admin, running in compatibility mode, installing quicktime (which isnt even listed as usable for windows 8!) etc etc.
I really need some help. this issue even leaped across to my desktop pc with windows 7 as well. and my mom's old xp desktop, but only when using my account. the only explanation I can think of is something serverside has messed in regards to my cloud data/user id.

I found the answer.  Apple was downloading Apps that are on my new iPhone to iTunes.  I deleted them as I don't need them on my WIndows PC.

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