While visiting my brother-in-law recently he asked me why he couldn't
get his XP updates using Interne tExplorer V7. When we connected to
the MS update site, we received the message "Files required to use
Windows Update are no longer registered or installed on your computer.
Register or reinstall the files for me now." We did .. and were then
in a continual loop: download, install,register back to the same
message over and over. The version of IEX he is using is 7.0.5730.11.
Any ideas on how he should proceed? BTW, we were logged on as
"Administrators" with full system priviledges. Thanks in advance.

Don

"Don" <donrveazeySP******SP.com> wrote
> While visiting my brother-in-law recently he asked me why he couldn't
> get his XP updates using Interne tExplorer V7. When we connected to
> the MS update site, we received the message "Files required to use
> Windows Update are no longer registered or installed on your computer.
> Register or reinstall the files for me now." We did .. and were then
> in a continual loop: download, install,register back to the same
> message over and over. The version of IEX he is using is 7.0.5730.11.
> Any ideas on how he should proceed? BTW, we were logged on as
> "Administrators" with full system priviledges. Thanks in advance.

I recommend you look through the posts in and if needed post to the experts
in the windows update newsgroup.
microsoft.public.windowsupdate

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

See these archived threads in Windows Update newsgroup:

http://groups.google.com/group/micro...coring=d&hl=en
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org


Don wrote:
> While visiting my brother-in-law recently he asked me why he couldn't
> get his XP updates using Interne tExplorer V7. When we connected to
> the MS update site, we received the message "Files required to use
> Windows Update are no longer registered or installed on your computer.
> Register or reinstall the files for me now." We did .. and were then
> in a continual loop: download, install,register back to the same
> message over and over. The version of IEX he is using is 7.0.5730.11.
> Any ideas on how he should proceed? BTW, we were logged on as
> "Administrators" with full system priviledges. Thanks in advance.
>
> Don

On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 21:19:43 -0400, in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general "PA Bear" <PABearMVP******.com>
wrote:

|See these archived threads in Windows Update newsgroup:
|
|http://groups.google.com/group/micro...coring=d&hl=en

Thanks to all. I'll pass on the info to my BIL .. he'll be most
thankful.

Don