[iTunes] iTunes: podcasts problem

[Becca]

ever since I downloaded that stupid corrupted song, iTunes has been giving me problmes in just about every area. I'm waiting til I can get things straightened out before I start bringing all my books and music back into it.

I re-subscribed to all my podcasts, and downloaded all the new ones. iTunes says I have 14 podcasts, but there are no blue dots next to any of the titles. Some of them have little exclamation marks next to them. Asking to reload the podcast doesn't do any good.

When I try to sync my iPod with iTunes, I get an error message telling me that iTunes can't find the podcasts, then iTunes freezes up and I have to use CTRL-ALT-DEL (I'm on Windows XP) to close it down again.

any suggestions what's going on? this is driving me crazy, and has been going on for a solid week!

-Becca, who really wants to start loading new things onto her iPod.

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