Windows XP computer slowed to a crawl

I searched and found a thread on this topic but it didn't help me much. I've been using itunes for a few weeks. Just in the last day or so it has slowed my computer. Loading itunes and updating my ipod takes a LONG time. LONG time. It used to connect to my ipod instantly and update after a few seconds.
Now itunes seems to freeze for a good 5 minutes, then the update takes place and control is restored to me. Other programs work, but they load slowly too when this happens.

THE ANSWER!!!
I had been running an older Creative Soundblaster Wireless Music, which is a wireless network music player that piped music to my stereo. There must have been a conflict because I uninstalled the SBWM and we're good again.
How I found this out: I finally nuked my hard drive and reinstalled XP out of frustration thinking I had a virus or spyware, although I had checked. After reinstalling XP, some of my other software, and itunes, everything was working great. Until today when I got around to reinstalling my SBWM. Shortly thereafter I opened itunes and whammo! MEGA SLOW! But since I had just installed SBWM I deduced this was the problem.
I had recently started using itunes to share music with my laptop, enabling that feature in itunes. I think it was that feature that might have conflicted with SBWM so if anyone else is having this problem you can try disabling itunes sharing and see if it helps. In my case, I don't use the SBWM much anymore since i plug my ipod into my stereo so I just uninstalled SBWM.
I hope this helps you out since you seem to be having the same problem.
Eric
Athlon 3200, 1GB Windows XP ipod 5G 30 GB with video

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