Failed Updates and IE 11 questions

[tlcmd]

Howdy y'all,

I'll try the straightforward question first. When I open IE 11, I get the message the IE 11 has stopped working. I have to "roll back" to IE8 to get an Internet Explorer that works.

Questions: do I need to fix the updates of IE 9 and 10 before working to make IE 11 run? And how can I get IE 11 to run?

I have 3 updates which are shown to have failed to install, yet when I jump through the validation hoops and use the stand alone installer, I get the results that the updates have been installed.

Question: Can someone explain why the updates are shown to have failed to install yet are considered installed by the stand-alone installer?

Do I need to take further action on this issue?

Thanks,

tlcmd (aka Dick)