Installation permissions error

When installing iTunes on Windows 8.1 x64 as an administrator (via right-click), I get the following error:
The Installer has insufficient privileges to modify this file:
C:\ProgramData\[string of numbers]\x64\x64\GEARAspiWDM.sys
I can either retry (which fails again) or cancel. What can I do to fix this?

Try b noir's user tip:
"Could not open key: UNKNOWN\Components\[LongStringOfLettersAndNumbers]\
[LongStringOfLettersAndNumbers]" error messages when installing iTunes for Windows.
Strike that... wrong long string...
Try the method in Repair security permissions for iTunes for Windows to grant yourself access to the folder in question and then try the steps in the second box of Troubleshooting issues with iTunes for Windows updates to repair iTunes.
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Same here. But without knowing for sure why Apple did let this messages appear, in short, you should consider them as not important...at least for now...and here is why for the ones interested in some details about the error:
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What this means in Unix language is that permissions check is expecting that "AACEncoderConfig.nib" to be a directory and it's not. You can tell because of "drwxr-xr-x" the d letter at the beginning of the string means "directory" and when compared with the actual value "-rwxr-xr-x", the absence of d means that it refers to a file.
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Here is a link that describes why: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1452?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
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This files are normally GUI files...and in the past...not so far away...it was based on a directory structure...but iTunes 11.1 is the first released Apple app that is using their new nib file spec. And this is somehow apparent...I mean the error messages we are all seeing when we run the permissions check suggest it.
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