installing update failures

Please help - am in a total quandry!
Recently after a clean install of windows, was dowloading & installing all the updates and Microsoft sneaked in I.E.9 in as an update. I uninstalled I.E.9 from win.upates (but now realize I didn't uninstall the update for I.E.9 KB2761451) along with it, if it matters. Now my toubles began!! These two security updates failed:

KB2544521 - error: 80242016. Security update for I.E. 8 for windows 7x64. . The first time I tried to install it, it said ' it is for a different hardware platform', 2nd. time that it was ' for XP', 3rd. time said that it was 'already installed on this PC' (but it is not in the update history as successful.

KB2598845 - error: 80242016 - Update for I.E.8 compatibility view list for windows 7x64. Install attempt resulted in 'not applicable to your computer'.
At my wits end now, please in dire need of advice.
How and what can I do to fix this?

Question: When I go to 'about I.E.' it makes no mention of SPl though all the updates with SPl were installed successfully. Should it not specify this?

Your help would most appreciated - thanks.

Hi Noel: I guess that I hastily uninstalled I.E.9--it's just a matter of time before I will have had to install it anyway for safety sake. Usually I check out updates first, but when one has 147 of them, well.....

If I installed the I.E. 9 update that I have in the 'hidden updates', this would eliminate the above problems would it not?

Then I wouldn't have to do the SURT and command tool fixes and just ignore the two failed updates for I.E.8?
I appreciate your helpful info and patience with a 'learning' novice.
Thanks.

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Above is the CBS zip file. I installed SURT and ran it till it said it was done and then I closed it---but where do I find that box that showed the windows update error codes in STEP 3 of instructions that was supposed to be uploaded here also? I thought it would be shown at the end of the scan -- even checked for updates but there were none.

Command Prompt queries: Instructions were copy and paste the following commands into it, press enter after each
sfc /scannow
That was a bit confusing as all I got was a black window with version 6.1.7601 and C:\Windows\System32>(to which I added sfc /scannow). There was not anything else to "press enter after each". Strange but none of the instruction prompts matched my machine either. Anyway end result was it said that Windows resource protection did not find any integrity violation.
I surely hope that a portion of all this worked out right!! Guess it's obvious that this is my very first Command Prompt!.
Thanks again Noel.

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Checked for updates and there were not any available. These two still show 'failed' in update history:
KB2544521 - Security update for I.E. 8 for windows 7x64
KB2598845 - Update for I.E.8 compatibility view list for windows 7x64

I did get Hotfix for Windows KB947821 update and afew for Windows Defender.
It seems like when that update installed I.E. 9 it caused a glitch? I.E.9 was installed somewhere in between the above updates for I.E.8.
I.E.8 has been contrary in that it often stops working and has to close (even when I tried to run the 'fixit' tool from updates. Have not added any tool bars to I.E.
Thanks