Uninstall Upgrade Advisor under XP Pro SP3

I have somehow watered the original Upgrade Advisor on my XP SP3 machine.  Using Add/Remove programs cannot remove the program.  The program runs as grateful there is an update, but when I try to install the update it stops because it can not remove the old version.  The recorded message is:

Error 1714. Cannot remove the old version of Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor.  Contact your technical support group.  System Error 1612.

I do not have a restore point that I can use.  How can I manually get rid of the old copy?

I posted this question in the section installation, upgrade, and activate, but when the answering machine of the first suggestions did not help and I asked for the instruction manual for uninstall, no answer has been given.  It was a few weeks ago now.  Help, please!

"I somehow watered the original Upgrade Advisor on my XP SP3 machine".

READ: "Microsoft has sprinkled me on the upgrade of the Adviser."  "Please save me from their stupidity.
I finally gave up trying to find the previous version and to draw on the festering piece of OOP out of the database to install Windows Installer Cleanup.
Once removed, I installed the new version without any problems and it /seemed/ to work properly.
Your mileage may vary.
Information about the Windows Installer Cleanup utility:
http://articles.TechRepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-6030075.html

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