ITunes automatically putting songs in library

Hello
I just got a new laptop and my itunes on it is automatically adding files from certain folders into itunes. I don't want it to do this. I want to manually add all the songs to my itunes library. I'm looked through all the preferences and can't find where I can change this option. I am using iTunes with windows by the way.
Also, I recall being able to delete a song from my hard drive within iTunes and it doesn't do that anymore either, can someone please also tell me where I might turn this option on? Thanks for any help.

Hi,
Well perhaps I am being a bit dense here, but using iTunes 6.1 I thought that you would do the following:
Open iPod Options, select the 'Music' tab, make sure the two top options "Automatically Update..." are left unchecked
Then select the "Manually Manage Songs and Playlists"
You can also if you wish use the option below that:
"Only Update Checked Songs".
This is how I do it with my copy of iTunes and have no problems with it.
Hope this helps, but as I say perhaps I am being a bit thick and misunderstand what you wish to do.
Drusus

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