Re: XP update KB 936181 failure

Thank you MowGreen. Unfortunately, I still have a problem. Here is what I
did.

1. I went to the website you recommended and read the instructions copied
below.
2. Thinking that I had likely seen the message "Could not register type
library for file c:\Windows\system32\msxml4.dll" when I first did the update
a week ago, I went to the second set of instructions first and went to the
MS download center
3. I searched for KB 936181 and did a manual install.
4. I was asked whether I wanted to modify, repair or remove. Not being
instructed which to choose, I chose "Repair". It seemed to complete fine
without giving me the error message to ignore (which the instructions said I
should expect). Unofortunately, the reminders to install KB 936181
continued even after a reboot.
5. I then tried the first set of instructions.
6. Using Add or Remove Programs, I removed MSXML 4.0 SP2 (KB936181).
7. I deleted the Msxml4.dll in the System32 folder (which BTW was version
4.10.????).
8. Then using Add or Remove Programs, I clicked "Change" on MSXML 4.0 SP2
(KB927978), which I presumed to be the "previous instalation of MSXML 4.0".
9. Again I clicked "Repair" and then "Install".
10. It asked me to use source "c:\fb039ee9231e37a4101fb52, and I did find
such a directory in my root (with a ...log file in it).
11 I clicked OK and it returned the following error message "The path '...'
cannot be found ..."

I am confused. Can you help me further?
Thanks in advance.
Bob


. 941833 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941833/) An update is
available that improves the compatibility and the reliability of Microsoft
XML Core Service 4.0 Service Pack 2 on a Windows Vista-based computer



Security update 936181 for Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) 4.0,
for MSXML 4.0 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and for MSXML 4.0 Service Pack 2 (SP2)
does not support the complete removal of MSXML 4.0. This situation occurs
because this version of MSXML is installed in side-by-side mode. To work
around this issue, follow these steps:
1. Remove security update 936181 by using the Add or Remove
Programs item in Control Panel.
2. Delete the Msxml4.dll file from the %SystemRoot%\System32
folder.
3. Repair the previous installation of MSXML 4.0 by using the
Add or Remove Programs item in Control Panel.
The earlier versions of the Msxml4.dll file and of the Msxml4r.dll
file are restored to the side-by-side folder and to the
%SystemRoot%\System32 folder.

You may receive the following error message when you install security
update 936181 from Windows Update:
Could not register type library for file
c:\Windows\system32\msxml4.dll. Contact your support personnel.
When this error occurs, you may also notice information that resembles
the following in the log file:
Error 1911. Could not register type library for file
c:\Windows\system32\msxml4.dll. Contact your support personnel.
MSI (s) (20:18) [17:52:31:612]: Product: MSXML 4.0 SP2 (KB936181) --
Error 1911. Could not register type library for file
c:\Windows\system32\msxml4.dll. Contact your support personnel.
=== Logging stopped: 11/10/2006 17:53:07 ===
MSI (c) (34:20) [17:53:07:252]: Note: 1: 1708
MSI (c) (34:20) [17:53:07:260]: Product: MSXML 4.0 SP2 (KB936181) --
Installation failed.
MSI (c) (34:20) [17:53:07:267]: Windows Installer installed the
product. Product Name: MSXML 4.0 SP2 (KB936181). Product Version:
4.20.9839.0. Product Language: 1033. Installation success or error status:
1603.
MSI (c) (34:20) [17:53:07:313]: Grabbed execution mutex.
MSI (c) (34:20) [17:53:07:319]: Cleaning up uninstalled install
packages, if any exist MSI (c) (34:20) [17:53:07:331]: MainEngineThread is
returning 1603
=== Verbose logging stopped: 11/10/2006 17:53:07 ===
To work around this problem, manually install the security update from
the Microsoft Download Center, and then click Ignore when the error message
is displayed. To confirm that the installation was successful, verify that
the Msxml4.dll file in %systemroot%\System32 is version 4.20.9848.0.


"MowGreen [MVP]" <mowgreen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uwYjOafNIHA.1208@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
See the 'Known issues with this security update' here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936181


MowGreen [MVP 2003-2008]
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Never Forgotten
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Bob S wrote:

I keep getting notices that an update for Windows XP (KB936181) is
available. When I tell it to install it, it says that it has
successfully installed in less than a minute. However, I get the same
notice for the same update within 2 minutes. How can I fix this?

Thank you in advance.


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