ITunes sporadically adds/removes odd info into ID3 tags ....

Every now and then I notice iTunes adds "Album Artist" & "Track Number" information. I've also noticed that it sometimes adds a string of odd numbers in the comments section.
How can I stop this? I do not want iTunes managing my music library at all. I don't want it even touching it. I'd rather do it myself.
Sometimes I've also found myself adding album artwork that I've added before. Can I stop this from happening? If not, is there a way to backup all my music with it's info intact? So if and when iTunes decides to mess with my library I can just restore it from the backup.
I'm a perfectionist and all my music has to have the ID3 tags filled out a certain way. iTunes has created countless hours of unneeded work for me.
Thanks for your help in advance.

Windows Media Player is the thing getting Album Artist and Composer info.
WMP defaults are set to retrieve info from the internet. iTunes does NOT have this capability - all itunes can do is get info from CDDB/Gracenotes just before importing a CD.
You need to turn the internet stuff off in WMP - depending on your version, it's on the privacy tab and also the library tab.

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Some songs won't add artwork so I need ID3 Tags but ID3 isn't in popup menu

When I Get Info on a track I get this menu but
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I assume adding artwork is a tag-affecting change - but I can't
add on this track - it just reverts to the black image.
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