Can't uninstall or re-install 6u21 - any ideas?

Installed 6u21, removed 6u19(shouldn't have), and rebooted. install of 6u21 was not completed correctly - tried to uninstall via Windows uninstall - wouldn't uninstall. tried command line level msiexec /x {product code} (took a long time to find out how) - looks like runs fine, log says uninstall failed error status: 1603. In the interim the 6u21 filesystem was corrupted(or I deleted in my frustration ;-). I now have no jre, can't install any version of jre (tried again 6u19, 6u21, 6u23ea) and can't uninstall 6u21, which still shows up in my Windows Programs and Features list as uninstallable and having 97Mb(even 'though the files were deleted), and when I click on it it looks like it uninstalls, but doesn't - it stays in the list). I've gone through regedit and cleaned all references to java, javasoft, CLSID#, GUID#, same behavior.....any clues or help out there?

Since no one has any ideas, here is mine:
It may be worthwhile to backup all your stuff off the computer and reinstall the operating system from scratch. It depends on how long you think it will take to reinstall the operating sytem and any vendor software you need to also reinstall. It might be faster than spending who knows how many hours trying to resolve it directly.

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