Album Covers Cannot Display

I just upgraded to the latest version (7.0.1) on two of my machines. It works fine on one, but on the other I can't seem to display album covers in the main window. When I switch to the 3rd view, I get the message "iTunes is unable to browse album covers on this computer". The artwork still shows in the little lower-left corner window, but not the main window. Any ideas why? Thanks in advance.
HP Pavilion 9795c, HP Media Center 673n, and Toshiba Satellite 2405-S201 Windows XP

Well...
I downloaded/installed the updated iTunes. It didn't solve the art display problem, but it SEEMS to have solved the audio problems that I and everyone else has been experiencing. I say that with great reserve as I haven't been able to thoroughly test that yet.
As for my video drivers, those appear to be as up-to-date as possible. However, this laptop is about 4 years old and it looks like the graphics maker (S3) no longer supplies updates for this particular adapter. So I may be stuck. It seems to work on all my other (newer) PCs, so it may not be worth any more aggravation. Thanks for all your suggestions. I'll continue to keep my eyes and ears open.

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