ITunes Interface appears scrambled

Question

Hello, I have been using iTunes and iPod for about a year now, and this is the first time I have encountered a problem like this. Occasionally and with no discernable pattern, when I bring up my main iTunes window after having it minimized to the taskbar, all text regarding song information will be scrambled. The song title, artist, last date played, my rating, etc. etc. It looks as if the text has all been overlapped with the text directly above or below it. This clears out when scrolling the iTunes menu up or down. Also, more rarely after bringing the main window up from the taskbar, the interface will be blacked out. All the parts of the interface which would normally appear grey are simply jet black, including the minimize, resize and close buttons. This is fixed by minimizing and restoring the window. This is not a critical problem, but it is becoming annoying and any advice as to how to fix it permanantly would be helpful. One thing I am doing that may be out of the ordinary is that my Library is not on my computer's hard disk, but rather I am playing my music off of my iPod through iTunes. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
THANKS!
Toshiba Satelite Series   Windows XP  

Answer 1

You can try reinstalling iTUnes, or installing the stand alone version of quicktime. Quicktime is known to cause blackness in itunes, like along the sides.
You can go here and install "Quicktime WITHOUT iTUnes" this is the stand alone version http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/standalone.html