Cover Flow Graphics

My iTunes library has graphics that don't work. On the album photo, it looks fine - but in Cover Flow view, the album graphic is distorted (pixels of color show). I have uninstalled iTunes and reinstalled, but hasn't fixed problem. I am running ver. 7.6 in Windows xp. Other computers I own look just fine.

Have you had a 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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    Message was edited by: Bigbowser2

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  • Cover flow doesn't display

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    Message was edited by: chorpianeur

    I see it’s due to downloading lots of stuff, which sometimes affects the system & Direct-X, (responsible for displaying cover flow in Windows OS)
    Anyways all you gotta do is disk defrag your drive (C:)
    For using the in-built Windows Disk Defragmenter: goto Accessories>Systems Tools
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  • Cover flow still not up to par

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  • Browsing the "Cover Flow" view

    Hi There, Ihave the following message when I try to view the Cover Flow view:
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  • Cover Flow missing/not displayed

    I'm using iTunes 8.1.1.10 on Windows XP. I have been using iTunes for a while with Cover Flow working perfectly, but today I opened it to try and add some new tracks and to update the cover art but it isn't displaying any image at all.
    I have looked up similar problems and they seem to focus on iPods or display the temporary "?" image instead of the uploaded art. But my problem is a complete absence of anything. When I use the grid option it displays album art fine. When I open the "Get Info" artwork tab or select the Cover Flow display option it is blank.
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    Message was edited by: Sebastian Sanders

    So... not necessarily the right solution for everyone but mine is fixed. First of all I got a clue when I tried Google Earth, and none of the rendering modes worked, suspicious when I already had a graphics issue with iTunes.
    I have no idea what caused my issue, but first I tried installing DirectX... no success. Next I took the pretty radical step of uninstalling my graphics card (slightly worried as I don't have my backup disc with me! After a couple of restarts and putting all the settings back to the best for my monitor I tried google earth, it worked, iTunes next, and they are all back, album art is now being displayed on Cover Flow.
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  • Cover flow: the cover area turns black or white after a short time

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    Poppetbed

    Hi there, I know a lot of people have posted about
    this problem but I am wondering if anyone can help me
    out.
    I am unable to use cover flow on my pc. I have made
    sure I have the latest itunes and quicktime. As far
    as drivers go this is my sticking point. I don't know
    if there are newer drivers for the display adapters.
    I have been to the manufacturers website (S3
    Graphics) but it seems that it has been discontinued
    with no further support (I am not sure I am looking
    up the right drivers anyhow). The display adapter I
    have is S3 Graphics ProSavageDDR. The driver date is
    from 2003 (version 6.0.0.0).
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    to get cover flow working on this pc.
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