ITunes takes ages to quit?

I don't have any music in the iTunes library yet, but when I try to shut it down I get the spinning beach ball of doom for about 2 minutes before it actually quits? The GUI disappears instantly, but the application itself is still running (it still says iTunes at the top where it usually says 'Finder'...is that the menu bar??).

I tried that before asking (honest) and it didn't work, just tried it again and it did work.
Thank you.

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Small update...
WHen Itunes did eventually load... a few odd things happened.
1. The icons on my toolbar flicked to white / blank and then came back
2. Windows Update sprang into life and asked me to install 1 important update
3. I got an error message
The software required for communicating with iPods and mobile phones was not installed correctly. Do you want iTunes to try to repair this for you?
5. I clicked Yes...
6. It said it was checking my itunes library
7. I got a message The Bonjour service has been disabled. Bonjour is required to share music with others. Please re-enable the service to use this feature
8. This didn't seem to bad so clicked OK
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Gah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Just thought I would post this question/annoyance here to see if anyone knows of an easy fix!
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If you go to this page, Apple specifically states that performance enhancements for iPhone 4's are included in this update (scroll down to the bottom of the page).
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So I've been trying to use iTunes the past day and it's been taking ages to load and then is really slow when its opened. I used the most recent version of iTunes 11. Uninstalled, Reinstalled. Deleted preferenced, Reinstalled. Using iTunes 10 (which worked very well in the past). Finally I gave up and factory reset my PC. And STILL the symptoms are here. My question to the community is if anyone else is experiencing this.
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i5 650 3.2GHz
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1TB HDD
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Small update...
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1. The icons on my toolbar flicked to white / blank and then came back
2. Windows Update sprang into life and asked me to install 1 important update
3. I got an error message
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5. I clicked Yes...
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8. This didn't seem to bad so clicked OK
9. BUt then Itunes disappeared again. It is still running in processes but isn't open.
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I have tried lots of the proposed solutions on here.
1. Tried creating a new account - same problem, so assume it is a system wide issue
2. Did complete uninstall and reinstall of all Apple software. Same
3. Opened as an administrator. Same
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WHen Itunes did eventually load... a few odd things happened.
1. The icons on my toolbar flicked to white / blank and then came back
2. Windows Update sprang into life and asked me to install 1 important update
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Gah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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i have been using my powerbook 12" for years with itunes and never had this problem. now i get a brand new shiny macbook pro and itunes has slowed down to a crawl.
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