Itunes slow and sputtering  --  frequent issue with many

well so much for an update. after updating to latest itunes, 7.0.2.16, my songs and movies skip and run slow.
i have tried all the fixes: new sound card driver, delete quicktime and reinstall, sound enhancer conflict, no plug ins, hardware excelleration...
i cannot listen to my music, and its all locked in the skin of the apple. dang.
help me apple, please help me, and the others - or how about admitting there is a problem so i can quit tweeking the @#$% out of my computer.
PS: i do not have a pavillion laptop or a dell desktop, like so many with this problem seem to have.
respectfully.
amd - fast-2005   Windows XP Pro   1 gb ram

You can try one more thing. It's a bit of a hack, but it's worked for many, many people.
Find and install Foobar 2000.
Then find and install the "multi-plugin for iTunes" and install it.
Open up Foobar and set it to use KERNAL streaming. Close Foobar. and give it a go.
That's the only other suggestion I can think of that you haven't already tried.
iTunes skin with Foobar sound engine = good to go.
iTunes for windows needs a major overhaul. It's laggy, too limited in the codecs that can be used, and has no kernal streaming. (sigh)
They really need to do something fast.

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