ITunes 9.2 bug - Cover Flow flickers when browing through song info window

I am running iTunes 9.2.0.61 on Windows Vista 64-bit.
I am in my music library, and have the Cover Flow view enabled. If I select a song from my music library and go to "Get Info", I get another window that pops up showing me the details for that song. If I press the "Next" or "Previous" button in the Info window, the Cover Flow window flickers with every press. Every time I press one of those buttons, I briefly see either my Movies window or Apps window. It then returns to the normal Cover Flow view. It will only flicker when pressing one of those buttons. If I'm in Cover Flow and using the slider, it does not flicker.

You r not alone Rob! I just posted the same complain in a previous thread...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1121028&tstart=0
yeah..i just hope this whole Coverflow problem,along with the ridiculously slow menu response is fixed b4 my 14 days return period is up, if not...this iPOD is going back and am going back to my iPod Photo!

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