Q: iTunes hangs when launching

Remove all of these items in the following order:

QuickTime  - Not Present

iTunes - REMOVED

Apple Software Update - REMOVED

Apple Mobile Device Support - REMOVED

iCloud - Not present

MobileMe - Not Present

Bonjour - REMOVED

Apple Application Support - REMOVED Had both 32 and 64-bit

Reboot your computer. - DONE

Delete any of the following folders where they can be found:      (see note 3)

C:\Program Files\Bonjour - Not There

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple - Empty and deleted

C:\Program Files\iPod - Not There

C:\Program Files\iTunes - Not There

also on 64-bit systems:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Bonjour - Not There

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Apple - Empty and deleted

C:\Program Files (x86)\iPod - Not There

C:\Program Files (x86)\iTunes - Not There

and where C:\ may need to replaced with the drive letter of your system drive if different.

Delete any shortcuts to iTunes or other Apple software that may remain in the start menu, task bar or on your desktop. - No shortcuts were left behind. Checked services and all had been removed after the reboot.

Downloaded and reinstalled iTunes.

Launched - Still hangs

Same situation though. I disconnect from the network and it launches fine, but as soon as I reconnect it hangs again.

I have run the app in Safe Mode as well as a different profile. Still hangs.

I have run the computer in Safe Mode w/out networking, app runs fine. This is what led me to disconnect.

When disconnected, I can launch iTunes. My iTunes user information has all been removed, however when I reconnect to the network, iTunes hangs. Again, no login information is in the preferences.

Again, this is happening on multiple machines. Granted all the troubleshooting between you and I has been on my machine only.

I will look into the article you posted above.

I took a look at the link you provided above, and I had actually viewed that document yesterday and tried all the suggestions that applied to my situation, yesterday.

Also, I should mention that I had remarked out the entry in my hosts file, so that's not it either.

and my firewall allows for iTunes

Thanks again for your response. No, we do not have a proxy set up.

Also, I have looked around and cannot find alternative downloads for iTunes. Where can I go to find the "for older video cards" version that you are referring to? The other thing is that we are all on different machines. Two are desktops, mine is a more robust higher end machine as I'm a Sys Admin, the other is a standard for end users and the third is a laptop but it too is pretty robust as he is my boss and a programmer/developer. One thing that they all do have in common is that they are Dells.

Do I need to uninstall everything in the recommended order, or can I just uninstall iTunes and leave everything else?