Hi Andrew,
See if the information in this post by TaurArian [MS-MVP] helps you to
resolve the problem:
[url]http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsupdate/msg/a9134f652a3bb5f9[/url]
Regards,
--
Patti MacLeod
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
"Andrew Bekkelund" <AndrewBekkelund@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:1A30B59A-0FF3-4EC0-A6B3-9B8B683A9267@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Trying to use
Microsoft Update, but keep getting this message? What can I
> do?
>
> " Files required to use Windows Update are no longer registered or
> installed
> on your computer. To continue:
>
>
> Register or reinstall the files for me now (Recommended)
> Let me read about more steps that might be required to solve the problem"
>
> --
> Andrew[/color]