ITunes Upgrade: tried everything, new twist

I've read and followed every piece of advice in this forum regarding this upgrade. I uninstalled everything, cleaned the registry, deleted directories, ran the Windows Installer Cleaner. I've installed iTunes & QuickTime (v7.04) separately. Here's where I stand: iTunes opens and runs smoothly when I'm offline. Whether on the T1 at work, or my satellite or dialup at home, if I start iTunes while connected, it appears in the Task Manager, but never opens. This is making me nuts. I have a lot of music that I've paid for and now can't listen to. There has to be a fix for this. Pardon my frustration, but this just seems ridiculous. Any suggestions out there? Thanks in advance.

Katrina: thanks for responding.
Podcasts check is set to 'manual'. That's the closest to 'off' I can see in the pulldown.
I still get iTunes when offline. Connected, I get the 'opened in task manager but not on the desktop' hang.
Any other thoughts?
Oh, I also can't end the task in the task manager. It simply won't let me.

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