[Snuggles]

I reported this problem to Microsoft, about repeated prompts to reinstall
updates, and was given these steps to try:
1. Register Active X controls - JSCRIPT.DLL, MSXML3.DLL, ATL.DLL, WUAPI.DLL,
WUAUENG.DLL, WUAUENG1.DLL, WUCLTUI.DLL, WUPS.DLL, WUWEB.DLL. All the DLLs
starting with WU produced a message saying "Load Library (WUxxxxx.DLL)
failed. Get last error returns 0x00000485." So they couldn't be registered.
2. Stop Automatic Updates.
3. Rename the Software Distribution from your system. The instructions here
started with - "Click Start, Run, and in the Open box write '%systemroot%'
and press Enter. My computer couldn't find Systemroot, so I aborted that fix.

Could it be that these instructions apply to Windows XP? I am using Windows
Me. if that makes any difference. I don't know if the updates are really
installed, even though I get a "successfully installed" message after
installation completes and my installation history lists them as successful.