Getting "The file iTunes Library.itl does not appear to be valid iTunes .."

Hi there,
Help please
Windows VISTA Home Premium, with Core 2 Duo 2.66ghz, 2gig DDR2, 300 gig SATA, 512meg nVidia card, dual DVD-RW's, clean install with purchased OEM VISTA from MicroCenter.
Naturally I ran into the VISTA errors everyone posted about, however after uninstalling and reinstalling the newest version, reloading my 600 songs and movies, subscribing to podcasts, etc.. I seem to get periodic errors when opening iTunes - where it states my library.itl files not a valid iTunes library file and marks my file as DAMAGED and I lose my Library. Is this an XML issue? It's very odd because it opens, updates podcasts, plays fine, syncs, then in the morning, I get the error stated above and my librarys hosed and I have to uninstall, clean registry, delete leftovers, try again... only to have it work for a week or so..
Any guidance would be appreciated!
Jeff

Hmm.. wonder if this is still applicable - yes I realize it's being done on a Mac ..but it is an old version, but should work in theory (I hope)..
http://lab.artlung.com/not-valid-itunes-library/
Jeff

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