Itunes won't play a rented movie

Hello,
I have a Dell Mini laptop with 8GB disk space and a 16GB SD Flash Drive upon which I have installed and run Itunes Ver 8.0.2.20 with QuickTime Ver 7.5.5.
The Problem: I am unable to play a fully downloaded, rented, movie.
I am able to play movies I purchase and download and TV Shows that I purchase and download, but when I attempt to play a RENTED movie, Itunes will start, I am presented with the RENTED MOVIES SCREEN, i see the time remaining on my RENTED MOVIE, but when I double click on it to play or single click then click the play arrow, Itunes will play the first 1/2 second then lock up. I am forced to shutdown through Task Manager. At that point, upon restarting Itunes, none of the movies/shows will play (regardless of rental VS. purchase). I have to unistall and reinstall Itunes, wait a minimum of 24hrs for the rented movie to expire, then uninstall/reinstall again.
I've done this 3 times.
Admittedly, the Mini is an underpowered machine, however, it DOES play PURCHASED video just fine. Any tips or advice would be GREATLY appreciated!
Thanks in advance!

I have the exact same problem. Rented two movies, they downloaded in 25 minutes each. Went to play them over the weekend and my computer locked up, while the 24 hour clock was ticking. Had to go to task menu to end the program. Starting over yielded the same problem. The time ran out and movie was deleted but the charge was taken from my account. For the second movie I tried running it while I was logged onto iTunes. The same thing happened, only this time I had to eject from the program without being able to log off iTunes. VERY frustrating. Searched the iTunes help FAQs, blogs and forums and haven't found anything but your two postings. Does anyone have any idea how to solve this? And get our movies, or money, back? p.s. The purchased movies play just fine. NOT the rented ones.

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