Cover Flow View not showing

On my ITunes, I'm not able to view any album covers on the Cover Flow View. All I get is a black screen with the following white text:
iTunes is unable to browse album covers on this computer.
Any insight as to why this is happening? I did not change any settings on my PC. I was thinking maybe I rejected some program on the firewall, but I don't recall anything specific to iTunes

Have you had a chance to look at this troubleshooting page? It may be of some help: iTunes 7 for Windows is unable to display album covers in Cover Flow

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