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The OP already has the installation file for IE10, but here is an MS link...
Download Internet Explorer 10 from Official Microsoft Download Center
Attachment 335634
...and for IE9:
Download Internet Explorer 9 from Official Microsoft Download Center
Installing either of those files will cause the computer to download more files. My guess is, the links above are not to the most recent installer for either browser version. You can run the install while the computer is not connected to the internet and you will get a functional copy of IE9 or IE10 - so the files are indeed complete stand alone installation files. I guess MS does not want to let us download the most recent installation files. The norm seems to be to download a 40+MB file that in turn, downloads about that amount again during the installation. This is not a good deal for those that pay for each byte that they download :-(
/rant
The OP mentioned that the install for IE10 fails with a "9c59 error". There are lots of "9c59 error" threads. Most require Noel's magic touch.
@Slartybart,
The computer in question rolls back from IE11 to IE8. The computer never had IE9 or IE10 installed... so, it should not be possible for the computer to roll back to IE9 as you requested. There is a slim chance that installing IE9 will let the OP install IE10 without getting the "9c59 error"... but I would not hold my breath. Chances are, the OP will see the "9c59 error" when installing IE9 too. As a test, the OP can roll back to IE8, then install IE9 - followed by installing IE10.
I'll sit back and watch others work their magic with the CBS log and the Windows Update problems.
P.S. Great, I was post #11 :-(
Last edited by UsernameIssues; 06 Oct 2014 at 21:26.