Windows Vista "Disk is locked" Error

ITunes reports "The folder iTunes is on a locked disk" or "You do not have write permissions for this folder" in Windows Vista.
I know that there is a suggested fix for XP using TweakUI, but I can't find anything to help in Vista.
I've tried removing and reinstalling, but that didn't help.
I'm using a clean install of Windows Vista Ultimate.
My iTunes music files and library were previously working in Vista before the computer was reformatted (Adobe CS3 upgraders will know why I had to that).
Any assistance will be appreciated.

Which error are you getting? Are you getting the "locked disk" or the "cannot be found or created"?

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