Problems w/ iTunes

After so many problems with iTunes 7 series it was absurd the iTunes 8 sounded like a blessing.
Download, install, restart-- then start iTunes.
Screen comes up, tells me it is making thumbnails.
Keeps doing it.
Keeps doing it.
Keeps doing it.
Fine-- if it is finding the "lost" twenty thousand songs on the hard drive and filing them, GREAT.
Keeps doing it.
Keeps doing it.
Stops 1/3 of the way through the bar.
Cursor no longer moves, iTunes and clock are both frozen.
Outside of holding down the power switch to kill the machine--
AND MAYBE SCREWING UP ITUNES EVEN WORSE THAN IT WAS
is there any way out of this mess?
This, btw, is only on the desktop machine-- I took the laptop into another room to post this.
<Edited by Moderator>

Hi did you note the minimum system requirements to use iTunes 8 and to play the HD versions of shows? In an earlier post you had your system software listed as 10.4.8 and as 10.4.11 so make sure your software is up to date and meets minimum requirements. Also regarding the HD versions of the show "Playing HD-quality videos purchased on the iTunes Store requires a 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or faster processor". If you can't find it on your computer it may be because you can't play it.
check this page: http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
System Requirements for iTunes 8
Mac OS 10.4.9 or later
Mac OS X 10.5 or later
QuickTime 7.5.5 or later
Macintosh Hardware
Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, G4, or G3 processor
Playing videos purchased on the iTunes Store requires a Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5 or 1.0GHz PowerPC G4 or faster processor
Playing HD-quality videos purchased on the iTunes Store requires a 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or faster processor
512MB of RAM; 1GB is required to play HD-quality videos
Playing videos also requires at least 16MB of video RAM
A broadband Internet connection is required to use the iTunes Store

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