Slow down with iTunes 7 even if itunes isn't running?

I've read a number of posts here and elsewhere that iTunes 7 can eat up system resources and slowdown your computer. However, I've been having problems even when iTunes isn't running. As in my copy of photoshop stutters and hangs a lot, even when doing something simple like painting on a large document, 3d renders stop or crash, even simple stuff like opening windows explorer seems to halt before springing back to life every once in awhile. And this happens even if I haven't opened iTunes, and I started noticing these issues at about the same time that I installed 7.0 Has anyone else noticed this? Or is the slowdown only occuring for you once you've launched itunes?
- Neil

It is hard to say what particular part of the Windows installation is having trouble. Keep in mind that any installation of software as complicated (CD burning, device drivers, network discovery, video playback, Internet connectivity) as iTunes is going to touch many parts of the installed OS. Any corruption in the places touched could be exacerbated by the update.
iTunes 7.5 has been available for download from Apple for over 6 hours now, and so far it appears that you are the only person reporting this specific problem here. While it's still possible that iTunes is the culprit, it seems more likely that there is some other variable involved.
You could start by isolating away user-specific files by testing the issue in a new Windows user. Import a few CDs into a pristine iTunes library in the default location (in your Music folder on the C: drive) and that eliminates a lot of possible causes.

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