Uninstalling Quicktime Errors.

When I try to uninstall quicktime it starts but then before it can finsh it says "fatal error during installation". I don't know if there's something wrong with the file or if there's a virus in it or what. But I need to get rid of Quicktime to reinstall iTunes. Help please. =ll
W730-K8X   Windows XP  

When I try to uninstall quicktime it starts but
then before it can finsh it says "fatal error during
installation".
when folks get the "fatal error" under those
circumstances, it's usually best to scrape out both
the existing itunes and quicktime and then do a
careful staged reinstall of QuickTime and then
itunes.
for the procedure, see the following post:
http://discussions.apple.com/click.jspa?searchID=-1&me
ssageID=3366434
I understand the staged re installation part. But How do you"scrape" out both itunes and quicktime. I deleted itunes just fine, but I get the "Fatal error during install" when I am uninstalling quicktime and it wont delete the darn program.

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