ITunes / Quicktime refuses to install

Ever since iTunes prompted me to upgrade to the new version, I've been unable to run the program.
I've tried everything suggested elsewhere, but cannot get both iTunes and Quicktime successfully installed and working. From a clean install, iTunes exits with error code -3, and the QT standalone installer complains about a driver error.
This is really irritating since I can't access my iPod without iTunes working.
I'm running Windows XP 64, if that makes any difference to anything.
Thanks for anything anyone can offer.

hi rsollars!
sorry for the delay. i was feeling a bit battered by the day's 0x80040707 events (i'm sure it's worse for you though), so i took a break from them, went to sleep, etc.
... at this stage (as Sim Alan has rightly said off in other threads), folks are caught between a rock and a hard place with this one. there are security issues without KB908531, but there are security issues without QT 7.1 (and indeed, without QT 7.0.4).
here's the information we have on the nature of the security issues for KB908531 (there are some possible workarounds listed in the "Vulnerability details" section):
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-015: Vulnerability in Windows Explorer Could Allow Remote Code Execution (908531)
(i haven't seen any detailed reports on the possible effects of applying that workaround, though.)
here's the vulnerability information relevant to QT 7.1 and QT 7.0.4:
About the security content of the QuickTime 7.1 Update
About the security content of QuickTime 7.0.4
love, b

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