How can I [politely] tell iTunes NOT to keep trying to start itself up

Logged into my PC. Get a dialog, "iTunes cannot start up because another user has it open. Tell that user to quit and try again". I say OK. Well, that dialog returns after a few minutes. So, i try the "X" on the dialog. It returns after a few minutes. I kill the iTunes process. The process restarts and the dialog returns after a few minutes. For this user account, i delete every folder and reference to iTunes under this User. The dialog returns.
It wouldn't be so bad if i could just minimize the dialog and let it be. But, every few minutes it pops to the foreground and interrupts what i'm doing. Now, talk about being SUPER RUDE!!
All I want to say to this dialog is "fine, its ok that another user has it open. No, i do not want to tell them to quit. So, please do not keep trying to launch". Or, less politely, "Stop driving me #$#$&&$^ crazy".
Is there any way i can give the message i just said, get rid of this dialog? No, i can't log into that other account -- don't know the password. But, i want to work on the PC without being incessantly bothered! I never use iTunes from this account, so I'd be happy to shut if off forever, for this account.
Thanks,
tom

Something on your PC is auto-launching iTunes, if it is not that iPod setting. Do you have any itunes plug-ins? Such as, an instant messenger that shows what itunes is playing?
You might need to have some quality time with Task Manager > Processes tab, looking at what processes are running and what gives a blip on CPU usage right before iTunes gets launched.

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