Disabling Quicktime's handling of downloaded TIFF files in IE7

Prior to installing Quicktime 7, "Microsoft Office Document Imaging" was the default application used by Internet Explorer 7 to automatically open downloaded TIFF files. After installing Quicktime 7, it became the default application - which is something I most certainly do not want.
If I change (within Quicktime) the appropriate MIME content setting that disables Quicktime's handling of TIFF files, Internet Explorer continues to use Quicktime for displaying TIFF files. Same thing happens if I configure Quicktime to not be the default application used for opening TIFF files. If I disable the Quicktime ActiveX control in Internet Explorer and then try to view a TIFF file downloaded via Internet Explorer, I get an error message to the effect that the Quicktime ActiveX control is disabled.
The only way I can solve the problem is to uninstall Quicktime.
Is there some other solution I'm missing?

I needed to change the CLSID entry in the following two registry keys from that of Quicktime's to that of Microsoft Office Document Imaging:
HKEYCLASSESROOT -> MIME -> Database -> Content Type -> image/tiff
and
HKEYCLASSESROOT -> MIME -> Database -> Content Type -> image/x-tiff
The Quicktime installer changes the CLSID entry in both these registry keys to its own, irrespective of how one configures Quicktime at the time of installation. After installation, the Quicktime settings control panel also fails to switch these CLSID settings from Quicktime back to the default, and that control panel seems to simply ignore any changes made by the user as regards these settings.
Alas, while this solution solved the problem on my personal computer, it has not solved the problem on a large corporate network of PCs where I work - and the only reliable solution thus far has been to request the network admins to permanently uninstall Quicktime.

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