ITunes taking forever to

Determine Gapless Playback Information...
I just did a fresh reinstall of my whole computer and put windows 7 on it. And after I downloaded the new iTunes, I uploaded all my music... And then when it says "Determine Gapless Playback Information" it freezes the window and is considered "Not Responding" by Task Manager. I left it alone for two days hoping that would be enough time, but it was still on the same song... Any tips?

That's about how long iTunes starts up for me but I have over 42,000 items. I definately do not expect the program to open up instantly. The amount of RAM and virtual memory you have available will also determine how fast the application opens and functions. I recently freed up a bunch of space on my start-up disk and that helped things quit a bit.

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