I just solved all my iTunes problems. Seriously, I did.

Hey everyone. I'm struggling just like you all with a million different problems since "upgrading" to iTunes 7.0 and 7.0.1. But I just solved my problems, with no help from Apple..
Admittedly, I am using Windows Vista RC2... though perhaps this solution will trigger brilliance for those of you using XP. Here's what I did:
I clicked on Help>Run Diagnostics, and ran the Network diagnostics. I noticed the following:
"Current user is not an administrator."
Well, that didn't make sense to me. There's only one user on my computer, and that's me.. and I'm an admistrator. But - and here's the golden ticket of information - Vista automatically runs programs as "not an administrator" so as to prevent the program from taking over your computer, and apparently, this newest version of iTunes can't handle that.
This feature of Vista's seems like a pain in the butt, but it's actually a good security measure. We could argue that at another time. Let's not.
Anyway, you have to tell iTunes to "Run As Administrator". Here's how:
--- Find the iTunes.exe file on your computer (not the shortcut on your start menu, but the actual .exe file). It's probably somewhere like c:/program files/itunes/itunes.exe or something like that.
--- Right click on the file, and click "Properties".
--- Click on the "Compatability" tab.
--- At the bottom, click "Run this Program as Administrator".
--- Click OK, and close that window.
Now try running iTunes, and run the diagnostics again. This time, it should say:
Current user is an administrator.
Now, see if any of your problems are fixed. In my case, this fixed several problems.. including my inability to download any song from the ITMS, and my inability to play any songs that were previously downloaded from the ITMS.
Hope this helps someone!
Windows XP Pro

Thank you, this is exactly what I needed to do. I'm in business again! I had thought of doing this, but didn't think my music would automatically transfer into the new iTunes. It did transfer and I updated to the new version and I'm good to go. Thank you again, so very much

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- Also try DFU mode after try recovery mode
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or
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