Any iTunes newer than 7.0 won't install; iPod Service won't start

I've been tryin gto get a new iTunes installed on here but every time i try to install anything over 7.0 the installation halts at starting services and says it can't start the iPod service. I've tried manually shutting down the iPod service before running the installation, disconnecting my iPod, and restart upon restart.
i've played around with disabling services in windows before but i don't think that anything i switched to manual would've really made that much of a difference besides the iPod service itself, which i switched back to automatic anyway. the strange part is that iTunes 7.0 seems to start the iPod service and install itself just fine. i don't know what the problem is but it's annoying whatever it is.
someone please help

for what it is worth, i believe that that means it is hanging up on resources relating to the french language version of the ipodhelp documentation in your itunes help menu.
try navigating to
C:\ProgramFiles\iTunes\iTunes.Resources\fr.lproj\iPodHelp.chm
... and deleting that file.
does the install go through properly after doing that?

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