ITunes runs unbearably slow

Running on a Dell laptop with Vista, everything about iTunes is incredibly slow - starting up, browsing the library, accessing the store, etc.
Videos are especially choppy. I've had to resort to loading them onto my iPod and using it to watch them. I tried disabling Quicktime DirectX, etc., but that didn't seem to help. Videos run fine in WMP.

If they play well in WMP then I would consider a software conflict, outdated drivers or malware. Make sure you are running the newest version of iTunes. Also how much hard drive space do you have left on your main drive after everything got reloaded? Also, which CPU do you have? What is the speed of the hard drive?
You didn't say what Anti-virus software you run, but I would start by running a reputable online scan;
Housecall (through www.trendsecure.com - Security tab)
Bitdefender - www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html
Panda Active Scan - www.pandasecurity.com/usa/ (They will charge to remove any malware found).
I've been running iTunes on Vista and have even been playing with it in Windows 7, and response has been good. Both on my desktop and laptop.
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Apple Support Communities contributor etresoft wrote a very useful app to quickly gather certain system information that may help point to a cause of this problem. Go to his website, download and run EtreCheck:
http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck
Etrecheck will be in your Downloads folder. Open it from there. You may see the following dialog box:
Click Open - etresoft contributes to this forum frequently and can be considered a trustworthy developer.
It will take a moment to run as it collects its data.
Copy and paste its output in a reply.
Do not be concerned about anything that says "Problem" or "failed".
EtreCheck was designed to remove any personal information (such as your computer's name and serial numbers) but if you see anything that looks like an email address or any other personal information that should not be divulged to others, please delete or obscure that information when you post the reply.
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How much available disk space is there?
Right or control click the MacintoshHD icon on your Desktop, then click: Get Info. In the Get Info window, click the discovery triangle so it's facing down. You will see; Capacity and Available Make sure you have 10% available disk space, 15% is better. Your Mac needs free disk space in order to render video. Could that be the issue?
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ITunes running super slow

Whenever I open iTunes now, my system starts running super slow. All other applications are gasping for air. iTunes itself runs slow. If I click on a track name to change it, it can take 10 seconds before it responds. Whenever I close iTunes, it takes around 20-30 seconds to save the Library information.
I now only use iTunes for syncing my iPod unfortunately, as it's not practical to use if I'm actually doing anything else on my computer.
Any ideas what's going on? All of my tracks are on my external hard drive with plenty of free space left. This all seemed to happen sometime during the last 3-5 iTunes updates, as it was fine before that.
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Close your iTunes,
Go to command Prompt -
(Win 7/Vista) - START/ALL PROGRAMS/ACCESSORIES, right mouse click "Command Prompt", choose "Run as Administrator".
(Win XP SP2 & above) - START/ALL PROGRAMS/ACCESSORIES/Command Prompt
In the "Command Prompt" screen, type in
netsh winsock reset
Hit "ENTER" key
Restart your computer.
If you do get a prompt after restart windows to remap LSP, just click NO.
Now launch your iTunes and see if it is working now.
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iTunes 10.5 for Windows: May see performance issues and blank iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4123?viewlocale=en_US

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Searching for an answer why the Store is unbearably slow to Search, Load or even Respond, and/or even go back to the last page ... I found no answers. Like most who posted on this topic I'm on a broad band connection with enough Memory and plenty fast for everything else including live streaming, but the Store ... is absolutely pushing the limits of patience. The number of items I would have purchased, but gave up trying is probably north of at least $100.
Does anyone have a *definitive answer*, instead of speculation? It's not me, or my set up because everywhere else I navigate to works fine. It's the Store that's driving me nuts.
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I did the same thing (switching to Amazon) because the whole iTunes experiences is so utterly useless and maddening. Apple lightened up a little on the DRM for which I commend them responding to sensible market pressure but iTunes is a Franken-beast of an app that forces my quad core 4 gigs of RAM machine to it's knees just to turn the dam thing on. Furthermore, when I want to load a new app or song or picture to my ipod touch it's nearly impossible. Takes forever to recognize the ipod and the methodology of having to erase everything on my ipod to add one more thing is just ridiculous. RIDICULOUS. First app that I find that is usable with the Touch and functions like everyone knows it should and iTunes gets the axe. It's like dealing with big government.

Is there a technical explanation for why iTunes runs so slow?

I seem to experience a lack of performance using iTunes on a PC. It doesn't seem to matter which PC as I have tried many over the years. But the problems persist. Slow program loading, syncing problems, (both USB and wi-fi), iTunes Match problems, program freezes and unresponsiveness, changing from "Install" to "Will Install" in app lists. It really detracts from the over all experience with my iPhone and iPad. I have talked to people with Macs and they never seem to have these problems. I am curious as to why the difficulty in running iTunes on the PC platform. I have never really found a resource that directly addresses the matter and am looking for suggestions other than faster computers or reinstalling, which I have done many times.

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).

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

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ITunes Running Very Slow and other errors

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OK, found it. This fixed my performance issue.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2536941
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ITunes running super slow after latest update, today.

I just updated my software on iTunes and suddenly it's running super slooooooow!
It takes about 2 to 4 minutes to open.
New computer. Running Windows 7. It's not my computer. I promise.
iTunes was super fast until I just updated the software, this morning.
Plus, now it doesn't recognize my iPhone 4.
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Close your iTunes,
Go to command Prompt -
(Win 7/Vista) - START/ALL PROGRAMS/ACCESSORIES, right mouse click "Command Prompt", choose "Run as Administrator".
(Win XP SP2 & above) - START/ALL PROGRAMS/ACCESSORIES/Command Prompt
In the "Command Prompt" screen, type in
netsh winsock reset
Hit "ENTER" key
Restart your computer.
If you do get a prompt after restart windows to remap LSP, just click NO.
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If you are still having these type of problems after trying the winsock reset, refer to this article to identify which software in your system is inserting LSP:
iTunes 10.5 for Windows: May see performance issues and blank iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4123?viewlocale=en_US

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Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9600]
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