Solution: iTunes 10.6.0.40 on Windows 7 hangs while syncing

I was trying to Sync Audiobooks to my iPod nano (6th gen) but iTunes 10.6.0.40 (on Win 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP 1) just stopped being responsive after pressing Apply and it showing "preparing to sync" in the status window.  The nano went into sync mode for about 5 seconds but then returned to Connected state. iTunes.exe *32 was running at 100% (on one CPU) and did not even appear to begin the sync. [This state was also entered as soon as I set the "Manually manage music and videos" on the Device's Summary page.] 
After (wasting) many hours of trying the standard support instructions to uninstall everything from Apple Inc. - iTunes, then Apple Software Update, then Bonjour, then Apple Mobile Device Support, then Apple Application Support - then download (another) copy of iTunes64Setup.exe, then install iTunes - the answer came ...
A very pleasant, helpful support rep (for case 298676734) thought to try the DOS command "netsh winsock reset" as suggested by wiclee in https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3559328 and sodaboy581 in https://discussions.apple.com/message/16361402#16361402. More explanation of this fix can be found at What does "netsh winsock reset" do? and Repair/Reset Winsock settings.
I suggest you try this first!!    Hopefully this discussion has enough fo the right tags to help others find this fix!

More explanation of this fix can be found at What does "netsh winsock reset" do? and Repair/Reset Winsock settings.
Also see:
Apple software on Windows: May see performance issues and blank iTunes Store
(The Winsock key reset has the effect of clearing away the LSP in the cases where it's a conflict with a LSP in play, rather than corruption of the key.)

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