Been having iTunes problems for months - now it won't work at all

Hi there,
For the last few months, iTunes has been failing to update (halfway through download it throws up an error saying the update failed. Trying to update manually threw up the errors I've linked to below). So I decided to try to fix it at last, I uninstalled iTunes and tried to reinstall, during the installation I encounter the following error:
http://twitpic.com/9azkja
Clicking "OK" led to a few minutes more of it trying to install itself before this popped up:
http://twitpic.com/9azkmu
"Retry" causes the error to repeat, "Ignore" leads to the installation saying it's successful, yet when I try to launch iTunes, this happens:
http://twitpic.com/9azkpa
Followed by this:
http://twitpic.com/9azkrr
Trying to repair the programme causes the same errors.
I'm running Windows 7 and haven't had any problems with other programmes that I'm aware of although Windows Update has been a bit dodgy for a while (some updates after downloading claim to be installed yet on restart Windows Update still identifies them as due to be downloaded and this process repeats over and over). I haven't made any hardware changes to my system lately and can't think of any software changes around the time the problems started or at all lately. I'm definitely running with administrator privileges.
Any suggestions or advice at all would be very gratefully received.
Thanks,
Steve

Hi Steve,
I can't say I've had the issues myself BUT what I would reccomend is:
1. Completely remove iTunes from your computer and associated registry entries by using a tool such as CCLeaner
2. Make sure you are completely up to date on windows redistributable packages and other updates.
3. Make sure you've selected the appropriate version for your computer i.e. x32 for 32-bit systems and x64 for 64-bit systems.
4. I've just had a quick Google around and as I said above with the redistributable packages in particular look at Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Service Pack 1 Redistributable Package ATL Securty Upfate which can be found here:http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=14431
For removing iTunes completely, it may be helpful to read http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1923
For your second error message about the entry point not being found, I found the article https://discussions.apple.com/message/11901253?messageID=11901253&amp%3b#1190125 3 helpful.
Hope this helps,
Kieren (@kierybear)

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