Loss in communication with Airport and iTUNES stopping!

I have had a problem with iTUNES and my Airport Express since I first got them and it has been getting worst. There are two different, but perhaps related symptoms. The first is that everything is working fine and then the song stops playing. Sometimes only for a few seconds or sometimes indefinitely. The second problem is iTUNES can't connect with the Airport or losses the connection. This is especially confusing because the Airport is located only 4 feet away form the computer in a cabinet with my amplifier and home stereo.
My remedies vary form simply restarting iTUNES, running One Button Checkup on Norton Systemworks, rebooting Windows and/or turning power of at Airport.
iTUNES version 6.0.4.2, is running on an HP Pavilion ze5375, pentium 4 @ 2.4ghz with Windows XP Home edition. Airport Utility is version 4.2 and is connected by cable to a Sony stereo amplifier.
Any help would be appreciated.
HP Pavilion ze5375   Windows XP  

hiya!
hmmmmm. is the Airport connection dropping at the same time as you get the songs stop playing on the PC?
if so, perhaps let's try attacking that issue first.
have you worked through the possibilities from this document?
AirTunes audio stream drops or cuts out
love, b

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