Previous itunes users apps listed in my itunes apps library

I inherited a computer at work from the previous user, and iTunes was already on the Windows 7 PC. I have no trouble logging in to my account and seeing all of my iPhone 4s apps. But.....
in iTunes, on the Library/Apps section, it tells me that I have 28 Updates Available. When I click on the Update button, I get "No updates are currently available. To check for updates for another Apple ID, sign in with that Apple ID."
That seems to say that the updates are available for my predecessor's device.
But since my predecessor is no longer at this company, and I don't know their Apple ID, how can I remove that information form the computer? Is there a way to track down the previous user's profile, perhaps in the registry, so I can delete it, and therefore only see that updates are available when it is for my apps?
Thank you.

I can't erase the internal drive, I don't have the admin rights to do that on the work computer.
I held the shift key down and launched iTunes but it didn't give me a chance to create a new library.
Is there any way the apps are marked somewhere so I can highlight those that are not mine and then delete them all at once? It's very time consuming, going through the list, deleting them one by one.

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