TS1717 iTunes freezing when accessing Media folder located on NAS

I'm running the latest version of iTunes on Windows 7 (64bit)
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My Media is located on a QNAP TS412 NAS.
I have a desktop machine that accesses the Media without issue.
However, when I launch iTunes on my laptop after a short while the application will freeze.
If however, I point iTunes to a media folder on the local hard drive no problems are encountered. Any ideas?

The following topics appear to relate to the same problem:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=7559249#7559249
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7620447&#7620447
Like the poster in the second thread, I'm most disinclined to trash the folder as it has all my music from years of collecting on it!
The Finder behaviour is like this:
In Icon view, you can see the two sparsebundles and the Media folder, but clicking on the Media folder causes it to disappear.
In List view, the Media folder is simply not visible.
In Column view, the Media folder is visible but clicking on it reverts the focus back to the root level of the drive. The Media folder icon flashes momentarily and reappears.

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