How can I delete lots of duplicates, easily?

I've already invested too much time deleting duplicates.  Now they have reappeared in my library.  How can I delete them quickly and easily?

i usually don't do winsloth so i'm not certain this app (http://www.araxis.com/find-duplicate-files/) will run on Vista.
if not, continue here: http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=ituneswindows+vistaduplicates&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8.
JGG

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