ITunes&QuickTime installation failure due to QTTask.exe-Your help is requir

The last 2 weeks I am facing a problem with the installation of the iTunes r9.x
During the installation process, and when iTunes tries actually to install QuickTime the following error appears blocking and stopping the whole process.
*“Error writing to file c:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTTask.exe. Verify that you have access to that directory”.*
Whatever I tried in order to solve the problem… was failed.
I uninstalled all the Apple applications according to Apple’s support guidelines; I deleted any relevant application traces (e.g. files, directories, registry entries etc), I checked the disk for bad sectors but without success. No need to mention that I am the administrator of my laptop. Every time that I am trying to install the applications either QuickTime or iTunes (w/o QuickTime), the error message above appears again stopping any installation activity and rolling back the whole process. I am in a fully dead-end as I don’t have any idea how should I solve the mentioned problem. Any support from any of you guys, will be very much appreciated.
Last but not least, I have Windows XP Home SP3. Thank you in advance. Markos

(Apologies for barging in, Jacumba.)
“Error writing to file c:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTTask.exe. Verify that you have access to that directory”.
Those sorts of messages can also be associated with disk/file damage. So I'd be inclined to try running a chkdsk over your C drive. There's instructions and a guided help in the following Microsoft document:
[How to perform disk error checking in Windows XP|http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315265]
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