Flight Simulator X MSXML 4 SP2 Problem

[Guest]

Dear Support,

I'm having serious problems installing Flight Simulator X on my fully
updated XP Pro SP2 workstation.

Flight Simulator X fails to put SimConnect.cat, SimConnect.dll and
SimConnect.Manifest in the "C:\Windows\WinSxS" and "Manifests" directories,
however searching the web many, many users are having the same problem.
Thankfully, I have now fixed this problem and setup completes successfully.

When I try to run the Flight Simulator X shortcut on my desktop, I now
receive the following message:

"The MSXML4 SP2 component is not installed. Please reinstall Flight
Simulator to restore or repair this missing component".

I have tried this and it doesn't help. I have also tried manually running
the "msxml.msi" file on Disk 2, however this makes no difference. Browsing to
my C:\Windows\System32 directory, and viewing properties of the msxml4.dll
file shows version: 4.20.9841.0 so it is definitely installed.

My Windows installation itself is about one month old and all other
applications work correctly. I have also disabled unecessary startup
items/services through msconfig and this also makes no difference. I'd
appreciate if someone could shine some light on this problem, as I am at a
loss as to the root of the problem.

TIA

Michael

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi Mike,

Try installing MS XML SP2 directly from Microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...2b-b4f2-46da-b4b6-c5d7485f2b42&DisplayLang=en

Before you install it however, you might want to check
your add-remove programs menu to uninstall any previous
version(s) which may cause or be causing this conflict.


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_________________________________________________________

Mike Wrote:
=================
| Dear Support,
|
| I'm having serious problems installing Flight Simulator X on my fully
| updated XP Pro SP2 workstation.
|
| Flight Simulator X fails to put SimConnect.cat, SimConnect.dll and
| SimConnect.Manifest in the "C:\Windows\WinSxS" and "Manifests" directories,
| however searching the web many, many users are having the same problem.
| Thankfully, I have now fixed this problem and setup completes successfully.
|
| When I try to run the Flight Simulator X shortcut on my desktop, I now
| receive the following message:
|
| "The MSXML4 SP2 component is not installed. Please reinstall Flight
| Simulator to restore or repair this missing component".
|
| I have tried this and it doesn't help. I have also tried manually running
| the "msxml.msi" file on Disk 2, however this makes no difference. Browsing to
| my C:\Windows\System32 directory, and viewing properties of the msxml4.dll
| file shows version: 4.20.9841.0 so it is definitely installed.
|
| My Windows installation itself is about one month old and all other
| applications work correctly. I have also disabled unecessary startup
| items/services through msconfig and this also makes no difference. I'd
| appreciate if someone could shine some light on this problem, as I am at a
| loss as to the root of the problem.
|
| TIA
|
| Michael

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the reply Jimmy.

I have already tried this and it didn't fix the problem either. Any other
ideas?

Thanks!

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi Mike,

Your best solution would be to repair Windows using these instructions:

How to repair Windows XP:
Unplug from your Internet connection, and then repair Windows:
using this method: http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

Afterwards, boot up your system, turn on your XP Internet Firewall,
plug back into your Internet connection and install all Critical and
Recommended updates from: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com


--
Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Visit my MSN Games and Windows Gaming Help Site: www.msce.mvps.org
MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________


Mike Wrote:
=================
| Thanks for the reply Jimmy.
|
| I have already tried this and it didn't fix the problem either. Any other
| ideas?
|
| Thanks!
|
| "Jimmy S." wrote:
|
|| Hi Mike,
||
|| Try installing MS XML SP2 directly from Microsoft:
|| http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...2b-b4f2-46da-b4b6-c5d7485f2b42&DisplayLang=en
||
|| Before you install it however, you might want to check
|| your add-remove programs menu to uninstall any previous
|| version(s) which may cause or be causing this conflict.
||
||
|| --
|| Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
|| Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
||
|| Visit my MSN Games and Windows Gaming Help Site: www.msce.mvps.org
|| MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
|| My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
|| _________________________________________________________
||
|| Mike Wrote:
|| =================
||| Dear Support,
|||
||| I'm having serious problems installing Flight Simulator X on my fully
||| updated XP Pro SP2 workstation.
|||
||| Flight Simulator X fails to put SimConnect.cat, SimConnect.dll and
||| SimConnect.Manifest in the "C:\Windows\WinSxS" and "Manifests" directories,
||| however searching the web many, many users are having the same problem.
||| Thankfully, I have now fixed this problem and setup completes successfully.
|||
||| When I try to run the Flight Simulator X shortcut on my desktop, I now
||| receive the following message:
|||
||| "The MSXML4 SP2 component is not installed. Please reinstall Flight
||| Simulator to restore or repair this missing component".
|||
||| I have tried this and it doesn't help. I have also tried manually running
||| the "msxml.msi" file on Disk 2, however this makes no difference. Browsing to
||| my C:\Windows\System32 directory, and viewing properties of the msxml4.dll
||| file shows version: 4.20.9841.0 so it is definitely installed.
|||
||| My Windows installation itself is about one month old and all other
||| applications work correctly. I have also disabled unecessary startup
||| items/services through msconfig and this also makes no difference. I'd
||| appreciate if someone could shine some light on this problem, as I am at a
||| loss as to the root of the problem.
|||
||| TIA
|||
||| Michael

 

[david knapp]

I am getting the same error message. Did you get your FSX to work? If so,
how? I am running XP Home SP2. I have MSXML 4 SP2 (KB927978), MSXML 4 SP2
Parser and SDK, and MSXML 6 installed.