Microsoft Update is driving me crazy!!!!!

I continue to get the same message over and over when trying to update any
Microsoft application using Microsoft / Windows Update. "Files required to
use Microsoft Update are no longer registered or installed on your computer".
I follow the prompt to reinstall the missing files and everything appears to
operate normally however I inevitably end up back where I started with no
success. Any ideas?

Thanks - Eric

Several possibilities here:

1. Updates are not installed successfully from Windows Update, from
Microsoft Update, or by using Automatic Updates after you repair a Windows
XP installation:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144

NB: Also applies to clean installs, upgrade installs, and Recovery installs.

2. See suggestions in this reply to a similar thread:
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...4dd07082ac344d

3. Manually install the proper download offered here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924191
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/


Eric wrote:
> I continue to get the same message over and over when trying to update any
> Microsoft application using Microsoft / Windows Update. "Files required to
> use Microsoft Update are no longer registered or installed on your
> computer". I follow the prompt to reinstall the missing files and
> everything appears to operate normally however I inevitably end up back
> where I started with no success. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks - Eric

On May 5, 5:25 am, "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABear...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Several possibilities here:
>
> 1. Updates are not installed successfully from Windows Update, from
> Microsoft Update, or by using Automatic Updates after you repair a Windows
> XP installation:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144
>
> NB: Also applies to clean installs, upgrade installs, and Recovery installs.
>
> 2. See suggestions in this reply to a similar thread:http://groups.google.com/group/micro...update/msg/fd4...
>
> 3. Manually install the proper download offered here:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924191
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
> AumHa VSOP & Adminhttp://aumha.net
> DTS-Lhttp://dts-l.net/
>
>
>
>
>
> Eric wrote:
> > I continue to get the same message over and over when trying to update any
> > Microsoft application using Microsoft / Windows Update. "Files required to
> > use Microsoft Update are no longer registered or installed on your
> > computer". I follow the prompt to reinstall the missing files and
> > everything appears to operate normally however I inevitably end up back
> > where I started with no success. Any ideas?
>
> > Thanks - Eric

Or you can try this as well...

1) Create a batch file on the desktop and name it to update.bat (right
click on desktop > new > text document > save as update.bat)
2) Copy and paste the commands below into the batch file ...
Note that the batch file does not rename or remove any of your
files

-------------------------------------------- cut from here onwards
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@ECHO OFF

REM "BATCH NOTES"
REM Begin the process of re-registering the appropriate files for
Automatic Updates
to work
REM If you want this to not run silent simply remove the /s switch
with a space
after the regsvr32 command on each line

echo
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
echo This batch file will register all of the files associated
echo with a visit to the Microsoft Update / Windows Update
echo resources.
echo.
echo The REGSVR32 command is being run with the
echo /s (silent) switch so there will be no errors displayed.
echo If you want confirmation for each file, remove this
echo switch from each line of the batch file
echo
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Pause
cls

echo ---Registering Widows Update Agent DLLs---

regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\wuapi.dll
regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\wuaueng.dll
regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\wuaueng1.dll
regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\wucltui.dll
regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\wups.dll
regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\wups2.dll
regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\wuweb.dll

echo.
echo.
echo --Done registering Windows Update Agent DLLs
echo.
echo.

echo ---Registering Microsoft XML DLLs---

regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\msxml3.dll
echo.
echo.

echo --Done registering Microsoft XML DLLs
echo.
echo.

echo PROCESS COMPLETE!
echo.

echo Please try the action that was failing........Press any key to
launch
echo Internet Explorer and load the Microsoft Update site.
echo.

pause

echo Invoking Internet Explorer from the default location and
echo opening the Microsoft Update Site
"c:\program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"
update.microsoft.com/MicrosoftUpdate

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