ITunes won't upgrade..

Every time i try to upgrade iTunes i get an error message saying "There is a problem with this windows installer package. A program required for the install to complete could not be run. Contact your support personnel or package vendor." there is no error number, and windows installer works with everything but itunes. I also found out that when i tried to uninstall Apple software update i recieved the same error message, so i think there might be a link there. i'm running windows xp on a dell something or other.. any suggestions?

Hey NathanielH,
Try the steps in this article: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93976
iTunes is Windows compatible.
Jason

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