Upgrade to iTunes 8 and now can't play movies

I updated from iTunes 7. something to 8 and can no longer play DVD's using PowerDVD or WMP. I can't even see the disk drive under My Computer. I did a system restore on my HP laptop and could play movies again but when I tried to open iTunes the the library had been updated and couldn't be read by older versions of iTunes.
I need to either figure what iTunes 8 did to my system or find a way to convert my library back to form that is usable by an older version of iTunes that will play nice with my laptop.

That error message used to appear with an old version of iTunes and I think it was Quicktime related:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307020
Just guessing here, but this is what I suggest:
I would remove iTunes and related programs using the following method:
XP
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1925
Vista
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1923
Then follow the advice about removing old versions of iTunessetup in the first link. Clear your temporary internet files.
Download a fresh copy of iTunes - saving it on your desktop and running it from there.

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