Itunes spiking my CPU well over 100% - any genius got some time?

Hi there,
Ongoing problem with my iTunes 7.5 hammering my CPU at well over 100%. This happens regularly every 5 - 7 minutes and is quite annoying. I used activity monitor to copy the activity as it was occurring. I hope there's a genius here who can decipher what my issue is. Please it's driving me crazy!!!
For clarity, I repair permissions regularly, I update after a safe waiting period, repair permissions again, restart computer, use Mac Janitor for day, week, month, repair permissions again, restart computer, etc...
My computer runs extremely fast when iTunes is off. Everything grinds to a halt when iTunes starts to spike.
Also I checked the discussions and followed, with no luck, all the prior recommended fixes.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks
FB
Here's the copy....
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You can find iTunes 9.2.1 here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1056
Check the following article:
http://appletoolbox.com/2010/09/how-to-downgrade-itunes-10-to-itunes-9-2-1/
Be sure to provide feedback to Apple on your cpu usage. You can contact them here:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html
Message was edited by: Gerald Raddatz

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