How can I prevent the Win Update insisting that I install something I want?

I'm having a battle with Win Update - it keeps insisting that I install the update for IE - 8, but I don't use IE, and I'm not IE-8.  How to convince Win Update of this fact?

Thank you
John

Hi drfugawe,

Thank you for using answers Forum.

You should be able to access Windows Update > "select updates to install", right-click on the IE8 update and click "hide update".

This is to prevent the update to settle in the future.

Please let us know if that helps.

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