Apparently I was writing my post same time as yours.
I have tried your suggestion and yes it worked just fine. Thank you very
much!!
I only had to run the first command (regsvr32 MSXML3.DLL), re-booted (not
sure if I had to or not) but that did it. I did come across another issue
with not being able to install flash player update, but was easily able to
find the fix on this forum also.
Thanks again.
Mark
"Gerry Cornell" wrote:
> Have you tried this suggestion?
> http://groups.google.com/group/micro...a44095a0f46e86
> if link broken try
> http://snipurl.com/14p9u
>
> Have you looked at the detail in the WindowsUpdate.log located in your
> Windows folder?
>
> --
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
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> "l84toff" <> wrote in message
> news:7BA742E6-1F2F-405B-9571-...
> >I have this exact problem. My laptop was doing weird things, so I
> >decided to
> > format the main windows partition. Ran the restore cd (xp home oem
> > with sp2
> > - came pre-installed with lappy), everything came back up just great.
> > The
> > very first thing I did is go to windows update and proceeded to run
> > the
> > update using the "express" version. It had this problem and was
> > unable to
> > complete the initial update (that included IE7).
> >
> > Having decided to start again, I re-formated the C partition and again
> > proceeded to go to the windows update page. This time going the
> > "custom"
> > installation route, I excluded IE7, guessing maybe a bug there. The
> > result
> > being the same. This was a week ago and I am still stuck at the exact
> > same
> > place whenever I go to windows update.
> >
> > It would be nice for microsoft to actually come up with a bug free os
> > (or at
> > least one that has less issues than xp), I'm not holding my breath for
> > vista
> > though.
> >
> > This is not the first time I have formated this partition or used the
> > restore cd. No problems in the past. I did not touch the hidden
> > partition
> > that came with the laptop, am running xp home oem AMD64 ML-34 with 1
> > gig of
> > ram and plenty of HD space.
> >
> > If anyone has been able to fix this, or has any suggestions, a
> > response
> > would be greatly appreciated. Until then, I am learning more about
> > Ubuntu.
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "koolking" wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> Whenever I try to install updates I keep getting the following error
> >> message
> >> from the MS site:
> >>
> >> "Files required to use Microsoft Update are no longer installed or
> >> registered."
> >>
> >> I click the option to install them and it seems to do so but when I
> >> try to
> >> install the actual updates I get the same error message.
> >>
> >> I have XP Pro.
>
>
>
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