Issues downloading podcasts

I am having issues downloading podcasts on a pc only.
Scenario - PC ONLY
1. User clicks advanced then subscribes to podcast
2. The subscription is added but the download of the podcast file itself fails. It states 'There was a problm downloading 'X file' The required file cannot be found'.
What is odd is that on a Mac it works fine.
I have tried a several podcasts from the music store and some work, some do not.
I have tried other readers such as Juice Podcast receiverv2.2 and http://feeds.feedburner.com, so I do not believe it's a problem with the feed since it works on a Mac and also works on other readers.
Does anyone know if this is a known issue with i-tunes on a PC or where to get detailed information on the error message?
I am using I-tunes 6.0 with the latest version of QT (7.1).
  Windows XP Pro  

I am having this exact same problem, but on Mac. When i try to 'subscribe to Podcast' using the Avanced menu, it enters the URL into the list, tries accessing, then fails. There are no errors in the URLs, and others are able to subscribe. It was working before: when i tested my own Podcast befor submitting it to the iTunes registry, and it has worked for a few others, but recently they fail.
Someone thought this might have been due to using an older version (i had retrograded to 4.9 when i discovered 5.0 wouldn't play my SFILs), but i have now upgraded to 6.0.5 (with QT 7.1.2), and it still won't work.
I have to solve this within a couple of weeks because i'm helping an Author get his Podcast up, and we'll need to test it before submitting it to the iTunes Registry.

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