Endless Cycle in Windows Update

Hey everyone. I recently reinstalled Windows xP, and I've gotten all
the original hardware working but Windows Update is giving me a ton of
trouble.

This is what happens:
I go to Windows update from my start menu. The site checks for the
latest version of updating software, then the Windows homescreen comes
up and asks if I want to get Express updates or Custom; there's also a
button above it that says "Get Microsoft Update Today!". I click
'Custom' and a window loads for a brief second but then another loads
which says: Files required for Windows Update are no longer Registered
or installed on your computer. to continue; 1)Register or reinstall
files now (recommended) or 2) Let me read more about how to solve my
problem.I click the first option, and the window registers and
reinstalls the files needed to my computer. Then it redirects me to the
Windows Update Home. Thinking the problem fixed I click 'Custom
install' again, but the very same problem occurs and it asks me to
reinstall or register the missing files. This goes on forever no matter
what options I choose.

I've tried the following step:
1. Click Start.
2. Choose Run.
3. In the Run box, type: regsvr32 MSXML3.DLL
Press okay

However I get this error message: [RegSrv32] LoadLibrary("MSXML3.DLL")
Failed - A dynamic link library (DLL) initilization routine failed.

Any reason why that would happen? I'm running on Windows xP SP1, and
I'd like to get SP2 because a couple of programs I had needed it to
run...So I'm getting pretty frustrated and can't understand why this is
happening now when it didn't before the reinstallation. On a maybe
related note, there was a problem with the XP install... I uh, got
kinda frustrated and skipped 2 files because I kept getting an error
message as they kept failing to install. (This was after formatting
Partition 2 [Quick])

Thanks in advance.

You may need to reinstall the Windows Update Active X control..

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/916259

"" wrote:

> Hey everyone. I recently reinstalled Windows xP, and I've gotten all
> the original hardware working but Windows Update is giving me a ton of
> trouble.
>
> This is what happens:
> I go to Windows update from my start menu. The site checks for the
> latest version of updating software, then the Windows homescreen comes
> up and asks if I want to get Express updates or Custom; there's also a
> button above it that says "Get Microsoft Update Today!". I click
> 'Custom' and a window loads for a brief second but then another loads
> which says: Files required for Windows Update are no longer Registered
> or installed on your computer. to continue; 1)Register or reinstall
> files now (recommended) or 2) Let me read more about how to solve my
> problem.I click the first option, and the window registers and
> reinstalls the files needed to my computer. Then it redirects me to the
> Windows Update Home. Thinking the problem fixed I click 'Custom
> install' again, but the very same problem occurs and it asks me to
> reinstall or register the missing files. This goes on forever no matter
> what options I choose.
>
> I've tried the following step:
> 1. Click Start.
> 2. Choose Run.
> 3. In the Run box, type: regsvr32 MSXML3.DLL
> Press okay
>
> However I get this error message: [RegSrv32] LoadLibrary("MSXML3.DLL")
> Failed - A dynamic link library (DLL) initilization routine failed.
>
> Any reason why that would happen? I'm running on Windows xP SP1, and
> I'd like to get SP2 because a couple of programs I had needed it to
> run...So I'm getting pretty frustrated and can't understand why this is
> happening now when it didn't before the reinstallation. On a maybe
> related note, there was a problem with the XP install... I uh, got
> kinda frustrated and skipped 2 files because I kept getting an error
> message as they kept failing to install. (This was after formatting
> Partition 2 [Quick])
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>