ITunes Refuses To Install on Vista PC, iTunes Refuses To Install on Vista PC

I Can't Download or install iTunes, and the Apple Auto update is so Bloated, With UN-nessary code It takes 20 Minutes, even a Very Fast Connection Does Not Help. Al My Other Software Downloads and Installs Fine.  Apple Seriously Needs to Trim the Fat from iTunes.  Even Microsoft Learned this Lesson and Trimmed Windows Vista to Come out With Windows 7 and Windows 8 !
Please Fix This Trim the Bloat and Make it More Efficient!!  Please Listen to Your Customers !!

Hi Al Adams,
Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
You may find the troubleshoot steps in this article helpful with downloading and installing iTunes:
Trouble installing iTunes or QuickTime for Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1926
Best Regards,
Jeremy

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