ITunes/QuickTime Player Failes to Launch

I am wondering if downloading the latest update was a good idea. When I attempt to launch iTunes I receive the following error:
"iTunes cannot run because it has detected an problem with your audio configuration."
Havins seen some other posts make reference to QuickTime Player settings (granted they were for an older version of iTunes) I thought I would open it up and take a look around. When I did this it failed to launch and produced the following error:
"Runtime error. This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Please contact the application's support team for more information."
Everything worked quite well before the software download. Anyhelp would be greatly appreciated.

yep, a problem with your QuickTime generally causes the "audio configuration" iTunes error. (itunes uses QuickTime for audio and video playback.)
the following document may be of some assistance:
iTunes 7 for Windows: iTunes had detected an audio configuration problem

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