Itunes will not launch

[tractorhead]

Hi

I received an ipod nano for xmas and have been trying to download install itunes for the last week!
quicktime and i tunes installer are fine. The icon for itunes is there but nothing happens when i click on it, not even an error message.

There is just the timer then nothing. i have installed it and reinstalled it so many times it is driving me mad. i thought it may be my RAM so i have increased that but NOTHING.

I went into the apple shop and they burned the itunes installer onto a cd but, apart from the fact that i dont think that would have helped, they cd was blank when i got it home. how useful.
I have Windows XP and have done it through the latest Mozilla Firefox. I have also done a virus check on my computer. NOTHING WORKS. please help me somebody!

[scotstone]

My son had a problem installing I-Tunes and guessed a protection programme was stopping it so he removed Windows Defender and retried and it worked. Don't ask me why though. Maybe one of your antivirus programs is the problem.

[fo3nix]

I'd second scotstone's suggestion. Try turning off all the little bits of software running that you can, there may be other issues. Also, make sure your iPod isn't currently connected.