Videos cause a blue screen in XP Pro

Hello all, I have been led to this site after hours of google searching and reading similar problems. the only thing I noticed is that most of the people having the same problem are from 2005 or 2007! The other thing I noted is the lack of any solution so I thought I should start a new thread myself...
Every time I try to import any video into my itunes (latest version) for my ipod nano (latest software update) I get, 90% of the time, an instant blue screen that references win32k.sys
I do not have any other program on my PC that will do this.
I have noted however some strange things about itunes in general.
I used a program called prism video converter, recommended to produce great ipod compatible video by a friend, I set it to convetrt about 6 video files, all to the exact same settings, same bitrate/size/etc and they came out fien.
I can even play them in windows mediaplayer no problem.
now, I open itunes and go 'import from folder' and select the folder they are all inside.
first try: Blue Screen.
Second try I did them one at a time through the add files way.
Wow! Video 01 appeared in itunes and no crash!
So I try adding the next one...
Itunes seemed to freeze a bit on doing this, maybe cos the video is a bit longer (only 3 minutes though) and then it displayed no change!
the first video was still there but it had not added the second.
I tried again with the second video.
Nothing appeared.
Why would this happen if the videos are technically the same??!
So I tried video 3.
It appeared in itunes!!
I tried video 4...
Blue Screen!
The worst of it is that usually, whatever I try I will get itunes throwing my PC into a blue screen error whenever I am dealing with these m4v, mp4 or mov (or any other apple video file!) and trying to put them into itunes.
I am so sick of this problem and I would not usually come and ask like this as I pride myself on using google etc and fixing my own PC problems but this one is just a bit too much asd there is no apparent logic to it and nothing I try gets me any closer to a solution!

**** there.
Let me first make this really clear: It is most definitely nothing to do with the Prism Software. I know this as I have tried converting with many programs before this but usually just got a bluescreen whatever I tried, as soon as I tried to import a video file into itunes.
the thing about prism is that this seems to be the only time I have actually managed to succeed in importing a video file into itunes! So if anything it is faring better than anything else!!
I am usually really good with video on a PC. I have created and encoded and converted so many in the past that I am usually able to work it out if there's maybe a compatibility issue or a codec issue. This time ... nope!
I do think it may be related to some codec or the way XP is handling these itunes compatible video files. They seem to just cause errors.
Ironic: I just dragged and dropped one of the video file sinto a quicktime window and I got a bluescreen.(Thank god for firefox session manager, saving what I had typed so far).
Anyway the result is that these files are also able to throw the same blue screen if I drag them into firefox.
I have converted to ipod format from many apps and, whatever app I use, whatever bitrate I use, if it is a file format as described above (Ie. the type it has to be to play in itunes/ipod) then it will/can/usually does give this blue screen!
Please be clear though: Prism has nothing to do with it. Also, I am confused what the criteria is for itunes to accept video files anyway...why is it that it will accept some and not others that are in essence, exactly the same?
Any help is greatly appreciated

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