Trying to install Quicktime for Windows XP and iTunes...help!

I am working to set up iTunes and Quicktime on a brand new Dell laptop running Windows xp. I downloaded iTunes, when I try to open it I get a windows error message that it has to close. When I try to open Quicktime, I get an error message that the "plugin did not initialize properly" and "the plugin was found, but an error in the plugin has occured." I have also received the following error message when trying to launch Quicktime from the list of programs installed: "Quicktime failed to initialize error #-2095"
Thank you for trying to help me..I just want iTunes back!!
Lynnrose
Dell Inspiron E1705 Windows XP brand new

"Error writing to file C:/Program Files/QuickTime/QTSystems/QuickTimeCheck.ocx. Verify that you have access to that directory."
That one's consistent with disk/file damage. The first thing I'd try with that is running a disk check (chkdsk) over your C drive.
XP instructions in the following document: How to perform disk error checking in Windows XP
Select both Automatically fix file system errors and Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors, or use chkdsk /r (depending on which way you decide to go about doing this). You'll almost certainly have to schedule the chkdsk to run on startup. The scan should take quite a while ... if it quits after a few minutes or seconds, something's interfering with the scan.
Does the chkdsk find/repair any damage? If so, can you get an install to go through properly afterwards?

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