Default Audio Player Error - Is there a solution?!

Hi,
I've been checking in for quite some time to determine if there has a been a solid solution to the inability for some ppl to make iTunes the default audio player in Windows. Here's the exact issue error:
On opening iTunes the following prompt appears:
"iTunes has detected that it is not the default audio player for audio files. Do you want to make iTunes the default player for audio files?"
Selecting "Yes" prompts the following error panel:
"An error occurred while updating the default player for audio file types. You do not have enough access privileges for this operation."
Here's some of the responses I've seen to this problem and my personal answers.
1. Do you have full admin privleges? Yes.
2. Do you have MS Antispyware disabled? Yes. It's actually not even installed.
3. Do you have other virus protection software (Norton, McAfee, etc.) disabled when installing iTunes? Yes.
4. Did you make iTunes the default player in the Control Panel "Set Program Access and Defaults"? Did you reboot? Yes.
5. Do you have full write privileges to your "My Documents" folder or your iTunes music folder location? Yes.
I've scoured the net and tried everything. So far I'm yet to see a concrete solution though I have seen many ppl complain about the issue. Anyone know of a solid fix or if Apple has addressed this? It's only with 6.x that this issue has popped up.
I'd REALLY appreciate any insight (as it seems many others would as well).
Thanks,
Devin
AMD Windows XP Pro SP2
AMD Windows XP Pro SP2

Thought I'd bump this one time since my original post was over the weekend and there hasn't been any response. Thanks.

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