ITunes upgrade failed on Vista PC, I now have no Itunes

I had a working installation of Itunes and Quicktime on my Vista PC. The only problem was on each launch I was greeted with a message that a new version was available and presented with an option to upgrade. The upgrade always failed with a message that I should try the stand-alone installer. Also failed to upgrade. I uninstalled ITunes (from add/remove SW) hoping a new install would be the answer. Unistall worked fine. Itunes is gone.
New install does not succeed. It ends on a message:
“Error getting file security: C:\ProgramData\Apple\Computer\Installer Cache\Quicktime 7.55.90.70\ GetLastError:5”
Followed by “Rolling Back Actions” and “The Installation of Quicktime did not complete successfully. iTunes requires QuickTime.”
I have a working installation of QuickTime version 7.5.5. It opens without error from the default install location. However, attempts to ‘Update Existing Software’ fail with the same “Error getting file security…” message and “Rolling back…” message. Same response on attempting to uninstall QuickTime from Add/Remove Software.
Where I previously had a working version of iTunes with only an annoying popup message, I now have no iTunes at all. I do have a working down rev QuickTime (that I cannot remove) but that is of no use to me without iTunes.
I need help to remove QuickTime so I can proceed from ground zero. I assume this is likely a Windows registry issue. I am competent to maker registry edits but not by trial and error. I need more knowledgeable advice on how to proceed.
Thanks

Just a thought, but maybe consider returning the device. Seems it might be a bit too complicated for you.

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