"open with" arguement between quicktime and itunes

When I first got my Mac I changed the default app to open music CD's (AIFF) from iTunes to Quicktime (because I wanted an app that would open quickly and use as little desktop real estate as possible). Now I want to change it back to iTunes. I performed the "get info" steps to change the "open with" setting, but it does not stick. At least not properly. An inserted CD will now make iTunes open and begin playing the music, but Quicktime will also open, show a QT player, then suddenly show a new small window which says "switching," then the player goes away and a larger QT browser type window appears promoting music, movies etc.
How do I get QT to stop opening along with iTunes?
I have checked all the MIME settings in QT.
Thanks,
Warren

I just tested it again (since my test last night) and it's worse. An AIF/AIFF will open with iTunes on the hard drive, but a CD inserted will now only open Quicktime (Not iTunes).
When I try changing the "open with" setting, I am faced with a dialog which reads: you dont have priveledges to change the application for this document only. Do you want to change all your quicktime player.app documents to open with the application itunes.app? CANCEL > CONTINUE.
I tried hitting both cancel and continue with no luck. I also logged in as administrator and tried to change the setting.
I migrated to Mac thinking life would be simpler!? ;->

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I recently bought an ipod touch 4g and realized that I needed itunes to activate it. After downloading itunes it wouldn't install, no error messages or anything, when I click on the installer it just doesn't do anything.
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I appreciate the quick response, thank you for that.
One thing I did try was windows cleanup utility and searched through the program files for all apple software, but had none. I even deleted the temp files on my computer, and on my internet browser, but nothing happened.
One thing that I didn't think of was deleting the installation files in my downloads folder, pretty silly of me but I didn't think it would make a difference. I also spent about 2-3gig on downloads yesterday and didn't want to delete the files but as a last resort I did and emptied my recycle bin, then downloaded a fresh copy of Quicktime and finally it installed!
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