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Old Windows updates appearing as new after latest updates
So I successfully installed a total of 20 Windows updates for my Windows 7 x64 installation on Tuesday 11, 2014. I think 18 of them were "important" and 2 were "recommended" for x64 systems.
Now I have received four additional update notifications through Windows Update, one at a time. I installed the first without giving it much thought, after which I was asked to reboot. Everything seemed fine after reboot until I tried my Firefox browser, it looked all wrong and I could no longer read any of the menu headings. It was essentially non-functional. Then I tried Internet Explorer 11. It simply failed with an error window indicating that it could not start and it was checking for a solution to the problem.
So then I tried to uninstall the update, and I receive a message that an error occurred and the un-installation was unsuccessful. So then I restored Windows from an image file I had just made, and all was well again of course.
When this update came back through Windows Update, I researched it a bit and was surprised to find that it was from 2012. Now it is possible that I missed an important or recommended update, but I know I've checked Windows Update numerous times between 2012 and now, and this never showed up before. I also doubt that I missed an important or recommended update since they are selected by default, and I don't deviate from that. But I didn't verify since I couldn't find an easy way to search the 100+ updates installed on my machine. So I decided to hide that update.
Well, long story short, a different single update showed up, and I tried installing it, only to discover the same problem with my browsers. I once again recovered and researched to find another old update, this time from 2013. So I hid this one as well.
No less than 2 more of these old updates have come up... I believe that is the end of them since I've deliberately clicked "check for updates" a few more times, and nothing [other than the usual optional updates] comes up.
I made a note of the four old updates:
KB2658846
KB2855844
KB2835361
KB2665364
So, all of that said, am I the only person experiencing this issue?
Is it possible that old "failed" updates have somehow been set to show-up again? I really don't think I had 4 failed updates from the past. I know I may have had trouble with about 4 updates over the years, but if I recall correctly, in the end I did get them to install. I guess I should really search my entire list of installed updates for these 4.
Any other thoughts?
Thanks!