I use WHDownloader, developed by our good fellas here in the forum: https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/whdownloader-download.66243/ The program uses update lists mantained by @abbodi1406. So far I've used the program to create updated ISOs both for 8.1 and 7, and it has not failed me so far.
I also want that list. BTW, I downloaded the whdownloader and see many updates, but what's the sequence to install those updates?
WHD-Windows8.1-Updates-Installer 4.4 can handle it. https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/whdownloader-support-and-chat.44645/page-108#post-1296720
I'd like to integrate those updates with dism command instead of a third party tool. BTW, where does the tool download the updates? From Microsoft website or their private server?
Did you actually take a look at the third party tool? It's just a script mainly filled with dism lines, very complex dism lines just like you wanted. Private. Read again the info found in its thread: https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/whdownloader-download.66243/
i'm sure an updated explorer.exe is a (maybe the last) mistake one can let happen to win blue. dealing with problems for more than a week now (last try before resetup the machine is once more an earlier backup < 16.09 / 911 was the day of desaster on winblue too i guess). it really feels like explorer.exe is the core of the problems (more shims and caching, catching admin rights, takes total control of installed / installing drivers). will see..