Windows XP update software error

This computer has been in storage a year or two and brought back to life and
this pops up when trying to update Windows XP:

Windows Update are no longer registered or installed on your computer. To
continue:

What happen???

Start by installing the latest WU client (because you're computer has been in storage for
awhile) -

WU Client 3.0 - Windows Update Agent:
http://download.windowsupdate.com/v7...gent30-x86.exe
or for the 64 bit version
http://download.windowsupdate.com/v7...gent30-x64.exe

See if that fixes the problem.

If not -

Some have reported that simply re-registering the MSXML3.DLL seems to fix the problem.
1. Click Start.
2. Choose Run.
3. In the Run box, type: regsvr32 MSXML3.DLL
Press okay

If that hasn't helped you may need to re-registered some more files:

1. Click Start.
2. Choose Run.
3. In the Run box, type (pressing okay after each one) :-

net stop wuauserv

Repeat for the following:
regsvr32 wuapi.dll
regsvr32 wups.dll
regsvr32 wuaueng.dll
regsvr32 wuaueng1.dll
regsvr32 wucltui.dll
regsvr32 wuweb.dll
regsvr32 MSXML3.dll
regsvr32 qmgr.dll
regsvr32 qmgrprxy.dll
regsvr32 jscript.dll

net start wuauserv


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"Bruce" <> wrote in message
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| This computer has been in storage a year or two and brought back to life and
| this pops up when trying to update Windows XP:
|
| Windows Update are no longer registered or installed on your computer. To
| continue:
|
| What happen???
|
|