Upgrade WinXp- WinVista: itunes settings

Hi,
I want to pass from Xp to Vista, but I want to be sure to not lost nothing of my itunes' settings, like counters, playlist, date of last play and all about my library.
What have I to save?
Bye

You need to save the iTunes Library.itl file.
Article on that - but take note, it needs to be updated for Vista:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93732
Also you need to first make sure that the actual music files are stored in the same path. If you are using the iTunes defaults, this will be a problem! The library pats won't work and everything will have a ! next to it.
User settings are different between XP & Vista
XP iTunes default path is
C:\Documents and Settings\ username \My Documents\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Music
Vista iTunes default path is different - I believe it is
C:\Users\ username \Music\iTunes\iTunes Music

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