[zcaveman]

A friend "lost" his IE 11 internet access after installing the December 2013 updates. I backed up to the system restore just before the system updates (Dec 15) and still no go. I backed up to the system restore prior to the one just before the system updates (Dec 14) and still no go. I backed up to the December 10th system restore and I was able to get IE11 back. When I went into Windows Update I still saw the updates that were applied on December 15. I was expecting to see them gone and have a long list of fixes to reinstall. I did have 9 or 10 fixes to be installed. How come the other fixes were not removed?

My friend has automatic updates as the default. I only let Windows Update notify me and I do all of the updates manually. Would this be the difference? And if so, can I safely assume all of the updates listed as being installed are still installed even after a restore to a date prior to the updates?

Thanks,
Z