Unable to upgrade or uninstall iTunes (Bonjour issue, it seems)

Attempting to install the latest version of iTunes on Windows 7 64-bit, I get the following error:
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii40/shane256/first-error.png
So I navigate down to where the file is:
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii40/shane256/file-browser.png
and select the msi there and get this:
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii40/shane256/Untitled.png
After searching around on the 'net, I found some information and ran the MSIs by hand, including a log of an attempt at removal and got this:
Action start 20:15:03: RemoveExistingProducts.
RemoveExistingProducts: Application: {877924AA-E044-4266-B37D-E974CD799934}, Command line: UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE={C19D4D8F-4433-4F6D-9F0C-79589FD0B973} CLIENTUILEVEL=0 REMOVE=ALL
CustomAction returned actual error code 1612 (note this may not be 100% accurate if translation happened inside sandbox)
Error 1714. The older version of Bonjour cannot be removed. Contact your technical support group. System Error 1612.
MSI (s) (14:D8) [20:15:27:209]: Product: Bonjour -- Error 1714. The older version of Bonjour cannot be removed. Contact your technical support group. System Error 1612.
If I try to remove iTunes using Add/Remove software, it tells me that it isn't installed. If I try to install using the update, it can't remove Bonjour. I can't remove Bonjour using Add/Remove, either. I've tried to find a package from the version that's installed (9.1.0.79) to see if that will help but I can't find any but the latest version.
So, my iTunes installation is currently dead in the water. Any ideas?

I tried... and this is what happened...
I first started installing iTunes to see what registry key it would give me. It gave me this:
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii40/shane256/first-key-2010-06-26.png
So using that other post, I followed the directions in the images. I eventually found the key and tried to open the Permissions and got this:
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii40/shane256/no-permissions.png
I clicked "OK" since it said it would let me edit it anyway. This is what I saw:
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii40/shane256/no-users.png
No users at all... so I added Administrators for the local machine and set to full control:
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii40/shane256/full-control.png
Then click Apply but get this:
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii40/shane256/access-denied.png
So I can't modify the permissions.
I get the same error trying to open every key underneath there (inside the red box):
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii40/shane256/all-keys.png
What registry keys are those? Can I delete them and iTunes reinstall them?
Message was edited by: fitten

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