Updated version of iTunes won't open HELP!

After updating my version of iTunes to the most current version it now will not open. After telling iTunes to "run" the hour glass appears next to the mouse pointer and that is the extent of its attempt to open. The hour glass appears, then disappears just as quickly. I have uninstalled and reinstalled on 3 different occasions and have read through "iTunes 7: Answers to frequent installation questions" as well as other user discussion forums with similar problem descriptions and followed the directions but nothing has worked thus far. Please help!!! I need my music!

+After updating my version of iTunes to the most current version it now will not open. After telling iTunes to "run" the hour glass appears next to the mouse pointer and that is the extent of its attempt to open.+
some preliminary questions aimed at narrowing in on possible culprits.
(1) do you have Norton Internet Security 2005 installed on the PC?
(2) try launching your QuickTime. does it:
(a) launch perfectly fine?
(b) fail to launch with an error message? (if so, what does it say?)
(c) exhibit other peculiar behavior? (if so, could you describe it for us?)
(3) reboot the PC. bring up your Task Manager, and click on the "Processes" tab. now try to launch itunes again.
does an "itunes.exe" process appear in the Processes tab? if so, does it persist in there or does it disappear after a few seconds?

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another couple of preliminary questions aimed at narrowing in on possible culprits.
(1) do you have Norton Internet Security 2005 installed on the PC?
(2) reboot the PC. bring up your Task Manager, and click on the "Processes" tab. now try to launch itunes again.
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