Solution to iTunes slow start up

I have been having a problem with iTunes on my Macbook Pro whenever I opened iTunes it open straight away but just hung for at least a minute. I checked on the activity monitor, it showed iTunes was using 100% CPU and then stated 'not responding' after about a minute iTunes then became active.
I found that the problem was that I had Last FM and TuneUp plug ins on my mac, I deleted this from my user folder/Library/iTunes/iTunes Plug-ins once these plug-ins were deleted iTunes instantly ran faster, iTunes now loads up and starts playing a song in under 10 seconds rather than 1 minute.
Hope this helps any Mac users out there that might be having a similar issue with iTunes

Thank you so much for this post. After updating iTunes to support iOS 4.3 my load times were in the 5-10 minute range!! Removing the iLike plug in instantly fixed the load times.
thanks again
jk

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why is Itunes slowing down my computer
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e_riddle
        Jan 10, 2012 2:03 PM
I have the latest version of Itunes and all updates for my Ipad 2, however anytime I connect my ipad 2 to my computer now it takes for ever to do anything until after a restart then everything is fine again, untill I go to connect to itunes again by usb. Why is this latest version slowing down my PC?
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Re: why is Itunes slowing down my computer     Jan 10, 2012 4:43 PM    (in response to e_riddle)
Try this,
Close your iTunes,
Go to command Prompt -
(Win 7/Vista) - START/ALL PROGRAMS/ACCESSORIES, right mouse click "Command Prompt", choose "Run as Administrator".
(Win XP SP2 & above) - START/ALL PROGRAMS/ACCESSORIES/Command Prompt
In the "Command Prompt" screen, type in
netsh winsock reset
Hit "ENTER" key
Restart your computer.
Now launch your iTunes and see if it is working now.

I tried to copy & paste to show the advice I found because the post would not allow me to reply. Tha'ts why it looks wierd.

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