Purchased Songs Skip because of 6.0.4

The 6.0.4 update is obviously messing with people's ability to listen to their purchased songs, in my case on both my Ipod Mini. Resetting doesn't seem to work for anyone beyond two days. This isn't because of bad sectors or funny harddrives. There is something in the latest update that is causing this problem. This fix is not a fix, it's a problem and you need to start with what 6.0.4 is doing differently. The Ipod is showing the songs are there, but it is simply skipping over them when you go to play them. Everyone here who has posted regarding this problem is indicating the same source: the latest update.

"There is something in the latest update that is causing this problem."
If that were true then it would be affecting every single user who purchases music from iTunes. It doesn't affect me, nor any members of my family and friends who use Windows.
Try this:
1. Deauthorize the computer.
2. Create a new user in the system.
3. Download the free song of the week from the iTMS in the new user account.
4. Play the song in that user account to authorize again.
5. Restore the iPod (using the iPod updater) in the new user account.
6. Sync just the free song of the week and see if it plays on the iPod.
If it does, you appear to have a corrupted iTunes library file, and you should recreate the iTunes library file in your normal user account, and then sync your music back to the iPod and all should be well.
The following articles will help you.
Authorization and Deauthorization.
How to create a new user account in Windows.
How to restore the iPod.
How to recreate your iTunes library.

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