ITunes won't burn my CDs anymore and it's slowing down my computer

I was trying to burn a CD earlier and iTunes was displaying a "Disk burner or software not found.." message. iTunes has been giving me a lot of problems lately and I don't know what to do. I tried to run diagnostics but the iTunes Help page is refusing to load and this is beginning to get very frustrating. I recently had to uninstall and then re-install iTunes because it kept crashing and now I'm at a loss. I'd like for this problem to be resolved as soon as possible. My whole computer is being affected by this.
Thank you.

Hi Disillusion16,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities.
It sounds like there is an issue burning a CD in iTunes and possibly a second issue related to performance. Take a look at the articles below, they provide troubleshooting suggestions that will resolve most issues like you've described.
iTunes for Windows: Troubleshooting CD issues caused by device filters
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2372
Apple software on Windows: May see performance issues and blank iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4123
I hope this helps.
-Jason

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