Past iTunes purchases won't play after last update

Since the last Apple and/or iTunes update, the majority of songs I purchased on iTunes now have a red square with a thin red circle around it next to the song and will no longer play. I've tried resyncing but it didn't work. I've got close to 1700 songs in my library, but only a couple hundred will play. I've checked the forums and have tried the various suggestions, but nothing has worked. In fact everytime I try to fix the problem, more red squares appear. I really don't want to do a factory reset. What's up with this and what is the permanent fix?

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In IE8 Manage Add-ons, I have the following:
Name          Shockwave Flash Object
Publisher     Adobe Systems Incorporated
Status        Enabled
File date     Today, April 21, 2011, 9 hours ago
Version       10.2.159.1
Name          Shockwave ActiveX Control
Publisher     Adobe Systems Incorporated
Status        Enabled
File date     Wednesday, February 02, 2011, 9:55 AM
Version       11.5.9.620
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Flash (2 files) - Version: 10.2.154.27Shockwave Flash 10.2 r154
Name:
Shockwave Flash
Description:
Shockwave Flash 10.2 r154
Version:
10,2,154,27
Location:
C:\Documents and Settings\Valued Customer\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\10.0.648.205\gcswf32.dll
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MIME types:
MIME type
Description
File extensions
application/x-shockwave-flash
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.swf
application/futuresplash
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Name:
Shockwave Flash
Description:
Shockwave Flash 10.2 r159
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10,2,159,1
Location:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash\NPSWF32.dll
Disable
MIME types:
MIME type
Description
File extensions
application/x-shockwave-flash
Adobe Flash movie
.swf
application/futuresplash
FutureSplash movie
.spl
Disable
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