QuickTime won't install/uninstall

At home I use a Mac as indicated.
At work, I am running Windows XP Pro SP2. I've been trying to get the latest version of QuickTime to install. I get "A newer version of QuickTime is already installed. This installation cannot proceed while the newer version of QuickTime is installed." First, this is not true, I have QuickTime 7.1. I cannot uninstall QuickTime because I seem to be missing the install package. I've now deleted all the QuickTime files and removed the entries from the Registry. However, somewhere the installer is still finding an installation of QuickTime. I have administrator rights. Does anyone have suggestions?

I ran the Microsoft Fix-It Tool located at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2438651, as referenced by Dianne 13, and it worked PERFECTLY!
An update to QuickTime would not install on my PC; I kept getting a message that it "ecountered an error". I tried installing the update manually; I was told a newer version was already installed, and the installation could not be completed. QuickTime wouldn't even open; I got the same message about a newer version, so I tried running the uninstaller, both from the Start Menu shortcut and from within Control Panel - neither worked. The uninstaller told me it encountered an error & couldn't continue.
I ran the Microsoft Fix-It tool that Dianne 13 posted the link to, and it uninstalled QuickTime without any problem whatsoever, and the new version of QuickTime was able to then install.
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