Error Downloading Music to Network Drive

I've moved my Music Library to a networked drive (NTFS) on a Windows XP system. The workstation that I'm running iTunes on is also Windows XP. Since then I cannot download purchased MUSIC (haven't tried videos yet). After initiating download via either starting up iTunes or using Check for Purchased Music Option, iTunes tries to do the download for each of the pending items After i's been thru all that are qued up, I get message that "There was an error downloading your purchased music. The disk could not be read or written to." I assume this applies to the networked drive which is accessible and readable with no problems (from/to any other program). Also, all INFO pointers in iTunes music listings confirm that songs are all stored on networked drive as intended and are accessible with no problem/errors. I also note that Preference Settings (Advanced) point to the appropriate Networked drive and folder (...\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Music) and that the "Keep iTunes Music Folder Organized" is checked. "Copy Files o iTunes Music folder when adding to library" isn't checked but behavior is same even if it is. Also, for what ever it maybe worth noting, attempts to Consolidate Library result in message "Copying Music Failed. The disk could not be read from or written to." I assume again that this is refers to the networked drive which, again, is accessible with no problems to any other programs to include iTunes itself which can access movies and/or songs from the networked drive, playing them wihout error even while these messages are being displayed during these other operations.
So, as it stands now, I have purchased music that I cannot download by any method that I try. The Apple Store recognizes that it is purchased and offers to download it whenever I start iTunes But I continue to receive the same error described above. In the iTunes Music Folder on the networked drive there is a folder, among the artist folders, named "Download" that contains pointers to the items that I've purchased but cannot download. I should also note that all of these attempts are being done with iTunes on the client workstation w/o the iPod being connected which I didn't think would matter. I've read most of what I can find about this error and can seem to find problem like mine(most others seem to be with video). Also, I'm sure that I followed correct procedure in moving my iTunes Library from local machine (where I was running out of space) to Networked drive. Local machine still contains the iTunes Music Library xml file, the iTunes Libary Database file, and an empty iTunes Music folder all in the appropriate (original) location of ...My Documents\My Music\iTunes folder.
I'd appreciate any suggestions as I've worked on this for several days and still cannot get to my purchased music.
Thanks in advance for advice / help.
HEC1152
Generic PC Windows XP Pro

Got a similar issue going on my network:
So far, two users have tried purchasing videos and music from the iTunes music store. Both got the failed download error and told to try again with the "Check for Purchased Music" command.
Both running Windows XP Pro bound to an Active Directory domain.
Both have the My Documents folder redirected to their personal directory on the network (\\server\users\username).
By default, iTunes stored its files in \\server\users\username\My Music\iTunes.
Since I don't want my users filling up my file server with MP3s, I first had the user move the iTunes Music folder to their local machine using iTunes Preferences (Advanced -> General). But after that change, the download error went away. ! The Library file and XML file are still stored in My Music\iTunes on the network.
I found your post while trying to figure out what's going on. Tried to reproduce the issue on a test machine by downloading the Free Download of the Week. But it downloads just fine. Nuts...
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