Renaming Tracks Freezes iTunes for Two Minutes

I am not sure if this is an iTunes 8, Windows XP (I suspect so), or an iPhone 2.2 software issue.
When renaming audio tracks in a playlist on iPhone 3G, for instance by adding a zero in order to
correct a sequence of tracks in a playlist
iTunes freezes for about two minutes.
I assume this is the time it is taking to sync the change, although, there is no other indicator
that there is a syncing process going on.
This may also be a similar symptom to: iTunes 8x (Windows XP) seems to take an inordinate
amount of time to recognize the iPhone after plugging into the USB2 port.
Thanks for any advice

If you copy these two files over to her account, they will be exactly the same.
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