No content shows up in iTunes after updating - Apple's fix doesn't work!

Hello,
I have a iPod Classic 80gb and Itunes(last version). I don't know what the heck happens, but my library is cleared everytime Itunes is updated. Every time this happens I try replacing the Itunes library (date).itl file back into the Itunes folder, but my itunes appears not to create these "previous itunes library files" automatically anymore.
Yesterday I downloaded my podcasts, today when I started up itunes all my content was gone. No podcasts, no music, no tv shows, nothing. It's been happening for the past 6 or more months. So last week I finally found the troubleshooting at http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1967 . I did exactly as it said and I thought I would be free of this harassment forever. But it happened again.
Can someone explain to me why this **** thing keeps happening? Why is it that my "previous itunes libraries" folder only shows really old library files, not a single library file named after 2009-10-10, even though I use iTunes every day.
PS: everytime I do the workaround proposed at the knowledge base (http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1967), when I plug my iPod it says its synced with another library, and I have to let it erase and resync everything.
What am I doing wrong??? Apple is a big company, I hope this is my fault and not apple's, but it seems that many people are experiencing the same thing.

Fair enough. Got my fingers crossed for you.
Another user posted the same issue a few hours ago: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2298480&tstart=15
Yes, it's unpleasantly common ... in some cases, folks lose their libraries *every time* iTunes is shut down. The other main offender in this sort of regard is ESET's Smart Security and/or NOD32 antivirus, although that is usually also associated with a "cannot save library" message nowadays.

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