Problem: iTunes won't save.

So every time I open iTunes it always opens as if it was the first time. Makes me click on the License Agreement, I import my music and all seems to work fine; that is until I close and once it opens nothing is ever saved. I've re-istalled. Don't know what to do. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

I uninstalled Norton System Works 2005, Norton Internet Security (antivirus and firewall) 2006, Yahoo anti spyware (distributed by Norton), and System Mechanic 6, and still no change.
lordy. well that would seem to rule out security software interference. (please reinstall your security software.)
okay, let's try an experiment aimed at working out if this is a systemwide business on the desktop or if it's associated with a particular XP user account on the desktop.
here's the experiment.
head into your user accounts control panel and create a new user account with full administrative rights. (there's help documentation on how to do that at the left of the control panel screen.) while you're in that control panel, switch off "fast user switching" in your logging-on preferences.
now log out of the old account and log into the new account.
launch itunes inside the new account. the setup assistant will run, but that's normal when you launch itunes for the first time inside a new account. the library screen will be blank, but that's normal too. (your music is still safely in the other user account.)
shut down itunes, and then launch it again in the new user account. do you still get the setup assistant on the second launch of itunes in the new user account?

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hmmmm.
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(if they don't, that points towards a program issue. if they do, that points more towards preference files.)

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