Itunes ignores library file

I don't think this problem is caused by itunes, rather by some OS X system/memory problem.
Anyway, I have itunes on the powerbook G4 (OS X 10.5.4) but all my music is kept on an external HD, so my route folder is specified in itunes pref as G//.....itunes/itunes music. My itunes library file sits on the G4 in the correct place i.e. mac/username/music/itunes etc.
This has been working fine, I add a CD, it copies the files to the external HD and the library is updated with the file info for that artist.
Then, out of the blue, every time I open itunes it won't read the library file, even if I copy an older version into the proper location, it still ignores it meaning I have to copy the files back into itunes so that it creates a new library file. What's more, most times (but not always), the itunes pref go back to default settings and ignore that I had specified the G drive as the location of the music files.
Been round this loop 8 times today, kinda fed up...lol. Is this itunes 8 problem or more likely a system problem - I just ran applejack to clear out the system.

Sorted, issue due to my system user id becoming totally messed up. Creating a new admin user sorted out all the issues.

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