@Tito Thanks very much; any idea what ieflashupdateprep.exe, downloaded with KB3035034, is all about? It does not run from cmd promt or double click. googla' just gives me a bunch of BS to websites declaring it is not a virus...... Thanks
Beak it down? ieflashupdateprep... ie - Internet Explorer flash - flash player update - update prep - prepare I guess the best complete guess would be that it is an update handler for flash updates. Basically, it's not a user executable file, but a file that essentially operates like a dll file. I could be completely wrong though, it's naming out form could be as a result of a muff-up in programme design.
@burfadel Thanks burf'; it does not seem to be needed for Flash Player installation. I used DISM to install the cab and all seems to be smooth.
Open the exe with hex editor; looks like its somehow relates to Code: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Setup\FlashUpdatedNotificationRequested
That ties in with my update handler suggestion. They really should not be called or compiled as .exe files.
Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 11 for Windows 8.1 x86 Spoiler hxxp://download.microsoft.com/download/8/3/C/83C7D85D-DFA9-4970-95BA-A2C31DE9BBA6/Windows8.1-KB3021952-x86.msu x64 Spoiler hxxp://download.microsoft.com/download/B/1/7/B173DEB4-285E-4E7D-BE9B-1D1A8080345D/Windows8.1-KB3021952-x64.msu Security Update for Windows 8.1 (KB3004361) x86 Spoiler hxxp://download.microsoft.com/download/7/3/D/73D46AD4-0DA2-45A0-AE9E-1D24EA78CD30/Windows8.1-KB3004361-x86.msu x64 Spoiler hxxp://download.microsoft.com/download/1/2/2/122F0D93-11E4-4FE5-960E-C9B1B6CF93AC/Windows8.1-KB3004361-x64.msu Security Update for Windows 8.1 (KB3013455) x86 Spoiler hxxp://download.microsoft.com/download/F/9/4/F94B1CA8-3AA1-4281-A1D2-936A66C78DF3/Windows8.1-KB3013455-v2-x86.msu x64 Spoiler hxxp://download.microsoft.com/download/F/8/3/F8300154-9D6D-4156-8497-B3EDBB69462D/Windows8.1-KB3013455-v2-x64.msu Security Update for Windows 8.1 (KB3023562) x86 Spoiler hxxp://download.microsoft.com/download/F/D/E/FDE84772-9917-46BC-871D-40B9C90CD01A/Windows8.1-KB3023562-x86.msu x64 Spoiler hxxp://download.microsoft.com/download/1/3/E/13E55C67-24D9-4EE3-8FD1-222653239997/Windows8.1-KB3023562-x64.msu Security Update for Windows 8.1 (KB3029944) x86 Spoiler hxxp://download.microsoft.com/download/6/6/B/66B9CA65-5791-4001-931A-D35EAE78C826/Windows8.1-KB3029944-x86.msu x64 Spoiler hxxp://download.microsoft.com/download/F/D/F/FDFDD45F-2825-47AC-ABCC-A3BA912F6DA0/Windows8.1-KB3029944-x64.msu Security Update for Windows 8.1 (KB3031432) x86 Spoiler hxxp://download.microsoft.com/download/D/7/3/D733CA0F-E9C6-4076-BC0D-40826C23A601/Windows8.1-KB3031432-x86.msu x64 Spoiler hxxp://download.microsoft.com/download/3/5/B/35B7DE7D-656A-4078-951A-87EEA2965FE1/Windows8.1-KB3031432-x64.msu Update for Windows 8.1 (KB3016074) x86 Spoiler hxxp://download.microsoft.com/download/E/8/4/E84208EA-7F84-45EE-A4D9-5119C037F92E/Windows8.1-KB3016074-x86.msu x64 Spoiler hxxp://download.microsoft.com/download/6/6/4/6648FFFF-5F7F-4BEB-95D9-CE693ED1E326/Windows8.1-KB3016074-x64.msu Update for Windows 8.1 (KB3019868) x86 Spoiler hxxp://download.microsoft.com/download/5/7/D/57DE753A-D753-4BA1-9A8B-42CFB9D501B0/Windows8.1-KB3019868-x86.msu x64 Spoiler hxxp://download.microsoft.com/download/9/3/2/932E6FAC-0E95-4412-BC7B-B5FF07A2E29A/Windows8.1-KB3019868-x64.msu Update for Windows 8.1 (KB3020338) x86 Spoiler hxxp://download.microsoft.com/download/B/7/2/B7281479-DBC6-462F-B811-B007E74F80DD/Windows8.1-KB3020338-x86.msu x64 Spoiler hxxp://download.microsoft.com/download/C/1/A/C1ACEE99-FAEB-4C92-A3E4-6E6C594DD1FB/Windows8.1-KB3020338-x64.msu Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool for Windows 8.1 February 2015 (KB890830) x86 Spoiler hxxp://download.microsoft.com/download/4/A/A/4AA524C6-239D-47FF-860B-5B397199CBF8/Windows-KB890830-V5.21.exe x64 Spoiler hxxp://download.microsoft.com/download/2/C/5/2C563B99-54D9-4D85-A82B-45D3CD2F53CE/Windows-KB890830-x64-V5.21.exe I wish some admin would remove the stupid 20 post rule, or at least edit the links in my post. thank you. Edit: update list is as provided by my 8.1 x64 installation, however KB3000483 never appeared in WU list