Flight Simulator X MSXML 4 SP2 Problem

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/details.aspx?FamilyID=3144b72b-b4f2...da-b4b6
>
> 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
>
>
>

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


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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/details.aspx?FamilyID=3144b72b-b4f2...da-b4b6
||
|| 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

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.

I am brazilian and my english isn't very good, but I will try to explayn
the things that have to be made! It's very easy!

1-Download this file:
http://www.mediafire.com/?2t1jbgmlrbz

2-Save it to the game's folder (C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X).

3-There is already a file with this name so delete it before
downloading it to the game's folder.



If your problem was not solved, download this file:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/xml/Install/4.0/W98NT42KMe/EN-U...sxml4.E
and install it.


If you have some questions, just post it here!

I think have helped, Sorry for my English!


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Will this work with my problem before i start downloading stuff? my
simular problem is: I have recently reformatted my computer, my O.S. is
XP-PRO, SP3 Corporate Edition w/updates, kaspersky internet security
2009,intel pentiun4 3ghz.
im trying to install a downloaded version of "microsoft Flight
Simulator X" (Razor 1911), but near the end i get this message:
("TheMSXML4 SP2 component is not installed,please reinstall Flight Sim.
to restor or repair this missing component").
ive tried downloading "MSXML4 SP2" from microsoft but to no avail. i
tried downloading
"msxml4.manifest" and putting into folder,tried downloading sp1 update
from sim site, but still no luck still get message. have uninstalled and
re-installed around 5 times, each time running Ccleaner to clean
registry and "reg scrub xp", then defrag system before each install.
could someone please give me some directions on how to get this fixed
please?
i had no problem when my operating system was only updated with sp2.
very frustrated please help.
thanks for your time

ps already previously downloaded both of those files. still dont work.
everything on my computer works flawlessly except this.


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I just got this working so I'm gonna post what I hope is the definitive
solution to the MSXML4 issue.

I tried pasting someone else's msxml4.manifest into a new text file but
that didn't work. I'm not sure why but the best solution seems to be:

1. Install and patch as normal. Confirm that you still have the "The
MSXML4 SP2 component is not installed. Please reinstall Flight Simulator
to restore or repair this missing component" error.

2. Locate the msxml4.manifest file and rename it to msxml4.manifest.bak
or something like that. If your issue is like mine, this file is over
300k and full of binary junk. The good version should be tiny and have
just a few lines of xml.

2. Download and install the FSX demo from Microsoft.

3. Confirm that the demo works fine on your computer.

4. Locate the msxml4.manifest file in your FSX Demo directory. Note
that this file is about 1k and opening it up in a text editor shows a
few lines of xml.

5. Copy/paste the msxml.manifest file to your full version directory.

6. Click and enjoy.


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