Illustrator CS2 won't UNinstall

I am having some screwy problems with my Illustrator so I want to get rid of it and then try re-installing it. BUT I am trying to uninstall AI cs2 on my PC and it won't let me.  It says "setup will allow you to uninstall AI if you click next to continue"  When I click next it then says "the wizard was interrupted when trying to completely install CS2.  Your system has not been modified.  To complete installation at another time run setup again"  Why can't I get my computer to unistall AICS2 completely.  What does this mean.

I hate to bring up information from outside of the adobe forums but have you tried the steps in this potential solution?:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100515143900AAOyfyP

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