Updated and now Itunes stops responding

I had just finished organizing my library and I was asked if I wanted to update itunes. So I did. I got it installed, started it up, and half way through "updating itunes library" itunes freezes and stops responding. I tried multiple times to no avail. So I uninstalled itunes and redownloaded it. Now when I try to add music to my library, itunes stops responding. What is the deal? Is there anyway I can get an older version of itunes?
Dell Xps Windows XP Pro

i had the same problem
tried several times and found some good suggestions on these forums but still no joy
tried installing version 7.3 which got released but still the same
i reinstalled an older version of itunes (7.1) and the problem was gone so gonna stick with this for a while
use the followind url to get the older versions
http://www.filehippo.com/download_itunes/?2655
hope this helps

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