Itunes keeps dissapearing my track info

ok, I couldn't find this problem posted anywhere on the site so i hope someone can help. I recently updated my itunes to the current version (the 'mini store' version) and now i am noticing that the albums I have imported into itunes are being altered. everytime a song is selected or played most the info i've added to the tracks are erased, including cover pics, lyrics to songs, comments, release year, etc... itunes even changes around track & artist names (for example, 'The Song' will be come Song, The') as well. This is becoming extremely frustrating for me beacuse I have an extensive library & worked really hard getting all the information into itunes in the first place (miniquestion: why doesn't itunes automatically load cover art for imported cd's like winamp & wmp does anyway? Incidentally, NONE of the tracks I've bought from the music store seem to be affected by my problem... hmmm...) I dont know if this a bug or what but any help on this would be appreciated. THX
Windows XP
Windows XP

I had a similar problem. I copied and pasted lyrics, but they were not saved. It didn't happen with music purchased directly from iTunes.
I downloaded iPod updater 2006-03-23. My 5th Gen, 60GB iPod w/video (not iTunes) required an update to v 1.1.1. Once I performed the update, my lyrics were not erased. My iTunes version is 6.0.4.2. To find your version, click Help/About on your iTunes program.
Find the iPod updater here:
http://www.apple.com/ipod/download/
Hope this helps, Lit...
PC Windows XP Pro P4-3.4Ghz, 1GB RAM

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header; iTunes.exe - No disk
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b mixed
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b some
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