SYMPTOMS
If you install Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine
(MSDE) Service Pack 3 (SP3) or Service Pack 3a (SP3a) on a computer that does
not have an earlier version of MSDE installed, and does not have Microsoft XML
(MSXML) 2.6 installed, and you try to use an XML feature that is implemented by
MSDE, you receive the following error message:
Failed to
load Msxml2.dll
Note Examples of XML features are OPENXML and
sp_xml_prepareddocument.
RESOLUTION
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is
only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Apply
it only to systems that are experiencing this specific
problem.
Note You cannot apply this hotfix on a Microsoft Windows XP-based computer or a Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based computer.
The
following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download
Center:
Download the Msxml2.msi package now.
For more information about how to download Microsoft support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
119591 How to obtain Microsoft support files from online services
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The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the
Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.
Date Time Version Size File name
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19-May-2004 16:19 8.30.9523.0 699,392 Msxml2.dll
19-May-2004 16:19 8.30.9523.0 20,480 Msxml2a.dll
19-May-2004 16:19 8.30.9523.0 36,352 Msxml2r.dll
Note Because of file dependencies, the most recent hotfix or feature
that contains these files may also contain additional files.