Itunes 9.0 Am I screwed?

First post. My Daughters I-pod touch locked up with a picture of the itunes logo and a USB cord on the screen. When i plugged it into my computer it took me right into my itunes library and said that I need to update to 9.0. I started the down load and everything went downhill from that moment. As the down load started I kept getting a quick time error box telling me my quick time needs to be updated. If I click on cancel, the error box appeared every 5 seconds. If I clicked on do it now, it showed what I needed, started the download and then completely locked up my computer, I couldn't do anything and couldn't get out of it. I restarted the computer and noticed my itunes icon looked different. instead of it being the I-tunes logo it was just a plane white box that had i-tunes under it. When I click on it, it tells me i-tunes does not exist. When I went to the I-tunes site to download 9.0 again it started up with the quick time (out of date)errors again!! I completely uninstalled quick time, re-installed it from the apple site, and then tried to go into itunes again. I received the same messages, i-tunes does not exist and Quick time needs to be updated (urrrrrrr). I'm not the best at computers. I use word, excel, etc in my job but I don't even own my own I-pod. I have i-tunes for my three young kids and wife. Can you please tell me first if I have lost all the songs we have paid for over the years? Next, how in the heck can I down load the most current versions of I-tunes 9.0 and Quick Time when it seems the 2 are stopping each other?? My 6 year old recieved a new I-pod Nano from Santa Claus and hasn't been able to listen to any songs on it because it requires I-tunes 9.0! Any help you could give me would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

I am not sure if this will help but it can't make things worse. You might benefit from uninstalling all the iTunes related programs and then using the Microsoft Installer cleanup utility to clean up any that didn't uninsatll properly, it sounds as though that might be the case for iTunes.
Here is the method:
== uninstall with cleanup ==
Download a fresh copy of iTunes and the stand alone version of Quicktime (the one without iTunes)
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/win.html
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
*Save the files on your PC rather than trying to run them from your browser.*
Download and install Microsoft Installer cleanup utility, there are instructions on the page as well as the download. Note that what you download is the installer not the program – you have to run it to install the program. The installer doesn't give any message to confirm the installation.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301/
(To run the program – All Programs>>Windows Install)
Now use the following method to remove iTunes and its components:
XP
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1925
Vista
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1923
*If you hit a problem with one of the uninstalls don't worry*, carry on with the deleting of files and folders as directed in the method.
When you get to deleting Quicktime files in the system32 folder as advised in the method, you can delete any file or folder with Quicktime in the name.
Restart your PC.
Run the Microsoft Installer Cleanup Utility. (Start > All Programs > Windows Install Clean Up)
Remove any references you find to the programs you removed - strictly speaking you only need to worry about those programs where the uninstall failed.
If you don’t see an entry for one of the programs that did not uninstall, look out for blank entries or numeric entries that look like version numbers e.g. 7.x for Quicktime or 1.x for Bonjour.
restart your PC
Install the stand alone Quicktime and check that it works.
If it does, install iTunes.
===

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