this has been covered before, I wish the admins would make a sticky of it...
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15%26amp;t=62489
The main reason, as I understand it, for this is because Trimble acquired Sketchup from Google, part of the deal was support from Google for a limited time for features introduced under their ownership. Since Google Earth is not a Trimble product further development and linking to the brand doesn't work. That period has passed and, as such, so is the linked functionality.
Have you tried Google Earth Pro (it's free now, by the way) to see if you can get the info you normally imported automatically?
Hopefully you don't use MS XP anymore, MS stopped support for it, that doesn't mean that MS is a bad company, just that it is a legacy software that doesn't warrant support any longer.