Your iTunes V7 Skips? Be prepared to give Apple $50 for a possible answer!

My iTunes has skipped with both iTunes-purchased as well as regular MP3's ever since V7. I've complained as often as many of you have. I've tried all the de-installing/re-installing of iTunes/QT, etc, etc that many of you claim fixes the problem - no go. I have a state-of-the-art Core 2 duo PC with plenty of RAM, disk space, bandwidth, you name it, but still iTunes skips when it's the only thing running. And, my pc is NOT an HP as so many seem to be. And, just like you, Windows Media Player (ANY version) and Musicmatch, and other players don't seem to have the same problem.
I complained via web multiple times and was finally told, iTunes support couldn't help me but I could contact Apple support who would but it would cost me $49. What's with that? They break their own product and make me pay to get an answer?
Say what you will about Microsoft (I sure have), but this is every bit as unresponsive as M$ has ever been. I have hundreds of dollars in iTunes music purchases, but no more.
And, don't tell me about 'downgrading' to V6. Those of us who've been through that know the problems, especially the 'database' incompatibilities.
So this is the better way?
> Toshiba P100 Core 2 Duo
Processor 2Ghz Windows XP Pro 2GB RAM,
512MB Video RAM
I honestly don't know what could be causing this issue. However, I would like to know if you're running the 64-bit version of Windows XP Professional. Even if you have the latest technology, not everything will be perfectly compatible, and as far as I know, a 64-bit version of iTunes hasn't been released, so you're bound to run in to problems if you're running 32-bit software on a 64-bit OS. Of course, I don't know very much about compatibilities between 64-bit and 32-bit software, so I could be completely wrong, but I don't know. But if it is the case that iTunes is having trouble because of this, then you'll either have to put up with it or use iTunes on a 32-bit computer. I suppose you might have an option somewhere to run 32-bit software in compatibility mode, but again, I'm not sure if that exists.
Also, I agree that Apple's support model is terrible.
Gateway GT5082 2GB RAM (4 x 512), nVIDIA 6100 Integrated Graphics

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