How can i completely uninstall itunes & quick time

i spent the last week downloading all the "This Week in Tech" (TWiT) video podcasts (torrent files) so i could watch them today. they are h264.mov files.
i have XP HOME, iTunes 4.6.0.15 and Quick Time 6.5.2.
the h264.mov files won't play in Quick Time.
i've have since found out that the new Quick Time 7 is required to play this format. i followed the "new quick time available" link in my QT window and downloaded the new iTunes/QT install file.
i tried to install the combined iTunes 6 and QT 7 ... it left me with iTunes uninstalled and the old QT software still there. no sign of anything new.
so, i figured i'd uninstall iTunes before the new install. iTunes refuses to uninstall. i go to add/remove programs and ask to uninstall it. the whole uninstall process completes but iTunes is still there. so is QT.
i uninstalled QT first then tried to uninstall iTunes. it objected to the uninstall because it couldn't find QT.
i have tried every combination but nothing gets rid of these 2 programs!
i finally decided to BUY the new full QT7. however, the 'BUY' consists of just buying the release code for the player ... which, of course, i can't install.
so, in addition to spending all week downloading the torrents of all TWiT video podcasts, i've spent over 5 hours trying to get some software to play these files.
if anyone knows how to get iTunes and QT completely OFF my pc (so i can do a clean install of iTunes 6 and QT7), i'd greatly appreciate it.
thanks in advance

kristina, the registry edit did not help.
b, i tried re-installing version 4 and got "Error connecting to service manager = 0" error message.
so i followed your link to the "iTunes for Windows installation quits with 1607 error or while publishing product information" page. i'm not sure i want to try this. here are the steps listed:
# Locate the original Windows XP Home Edition CD that came with your PC or the upgrade disc used to install Windows XP Home Edition.
# Insert the disc into your PC and use it to begin reinstalling Windows
# During installation, your computer will restart or you will be prompted to do so in order to continue.
# After the computer restarts you'll see a dialog asking if you want to install Windows. Select the option to install Windows. A repair option will be presented.
# Choose the option to repair an installation of Windows
# After the repair is completed, your PC should restart.
# Attempt to reinstall iTunes.
this sounds iffy. the last thing i want to do is to accidently start a windows install. with the software i would need to reinstall, this is a 3 day project. and even if a windows install is averted, i don't want to restore windows files to those BEFORE sp1 and sp2.
i do think we're heading in the wrong direction. why is there no way to UN-install these programs? even the steps above end with the phrase "attempt (sic) to reinstall itunes". again, why can't i just uninstall itunes and quicktime?

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