Itunes runs so slow....

Hi All,
I've been using iTunes for a number of years now with no issues, recently however, the software has slowed down to the point it is unusable. I have removed and installed, updated, etc but nothing seems to work.
Description:
1) Very very slow to open (but it does eventually)
2) Takes minutes to respond to a command (play, open folder, load iTunes store)
3) Burning discs are agonizing
I suspect it is a result of a recent MS update (running XP).
Anyone with suggestions on how to fix this?
Thanks
Agy

It would help if you could be more specific about the problems you're experiencing.  I run iTunes on a variety of Windows systems: a 10-year desktop running WinXP SP3 / 32 bit, a desktop running Win7 / 32 bit, two laptops running Win7 / 64 bit and a netbook running Win8.1 / 64 bit. The only performance issues I see are on the older machines, where some library operations can be a little slow but these can be explained by the size of my library (approx. 600 Gb).  There are, however, all sorts of combinations of hardware and operating system that can affect application performance - iTunes is something of a memory-hog so can contribute to performance issues if running at the same time as other memory, processor, or disc intensive applications.  One example I had in the past was the combination of iTunes with a resource-hungry anti-virus utility (solved by changing the latter and making sure that scheduled scans happen at times when I'm highly unlikely to be running iTunes).

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