Re: @Pheasant Plucker: Silverlight
"They certainly do with Silverlight. Still do with Silverlight."
Technically it is not being overridden. It is released under a new KB number, so it's treated like a different update.
Well, that's what I figured for the last few years - though I can't be arsed to look at the KB number. Thing is, I re-installed 8.1 yesterday. I went - as is my wont - through the 80-odd optional updates; clicked each one's 'More information' link to see if it was worth getting and more importantly, hiding. It's too much to do all at once, so I do about 15 at a time. Reboot, re-open WU and get the next 15. And every time Silverlight was visible again. Whatever the <benign> explanation, it doesn't make sense. If each time it is a different version then in that scenario the latest should be displayed from the start.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
