ITunes won't force quit (Hung)

The new version 5.1 didn't help at all.... 5 is just full of bugs.
Here's my problem:
I've been having iTunes get hung up when I try to open it. The icon starts jumping but the program never opens a window... my Computer clock is also having problems and is sorta frozen from time to time. Anyone know what's up with this? I get the pin-wheel o' death every time I move my mouse up there to reset is when it's hung. I am the first one to say Apple rocks! but lately I've been cursing it up because of this new iTunes version.
G5 2ghz-DP, 1.5gigs RAM, OS Tiger
-Wes

I've been using apple products for a while. This is
new round with Tiger is incredibly horrible. First
the dot mac synch issues now my itunes hangs and I am
forced to use the power button to shut down. This is
insane. I've also tried using activity monitor and
quitting programs there but same thing Frozen.. Cant
open cant frce quit...
HELP
Hi Bill, Welcome to the New Apple Discussions.
These kinds of problems with different apps crashing can crop up after updates. Have you carried out any of the suggestions in the following link lately?
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=607293&#607293
It refers to a previous updates before Tiger but the advice is still correct.
iMac G5 (Rev B), 20, 2.0 Ghz, 512 Ram   Mac OS X (10.4.2)  

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