A new and empty library every time I boot my PC

If I boot my PC iTunes forgets that there's anything in the library, and when I connect my iPod there's a message saying it's linked to a different library.
Any ideas on how to stop this happening?

That is a classic symptom of other software not letting itunes save its database file. iTunes Library.itl
For example see this HUGE old thread where some Sony Vaio media management software was causing it.
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=8537277
A short list of other programs that people have found interfering with itunes is
Norton/Symantec
McAfee
Kaspersky
ESET NOD
IObits
Windows Live OneCare
Carbonite
Mozy
Uniblue Speed Up My PC
You have to tell the other program not to do a real-time scan of the itunes Library.itl file.
Just wondering, do you close down itunes manually before you reboot the PC?

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