Windows Update Incomplete

[nobody]

I am running Windows98SE on an HP laptop through a wireless router to a DSL.

Windows update gets me "Software Update Incomplete" and error "0x800B00004" before downloading begins.  Going through all the recommended fixes doesn't work.  However, I detect one malfunction:  Start>Run>"REGSVR32 MSSIP32.DLL" >OK gets me the following message: LoadLibrary"MSSIP32.DLL" failed. Get Last Error returns 0x00000002.

What now?

[2k dummy]

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;319585&Product=wupd