IE11 patch KB 3038314 blocks search engines and may fail with error 80092004

From InfoWorld: We don't know the full extent of the problem yet, but it appears the latest Internet Explorer patch prevents Internet Explorer 11 -- and possibly other versions of IE -- from installing Google and other search engines. And the problem may go beyond Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8.1 Update 1 PCs.

Many IE11 customers are reporting on the Microsoft Answers Forum (and elsewhere) that the latest IE11 patch rollup, MS 15-032 KB 3038314, reports that it failed to install with error 80092004. Others say the download on that patch stalls at 11 percent and doesn't budge, or that the download kicks out at 11 percent with the same failed-to-install error message, code 80092004.

Curiously, those who report the installation error and check the Help/About setting in Internet Explorer 11 see that they're currently running Internet Explorer 11 "Update Versions: 11.0.18 (KB3038314)" -- which would seem to indicate that the patch was in fact installed. (The previous version of Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 7 is reported as "Update Versions: 11.0.17 (KB3032359).")

Several of the reports involve clean Windows 7 SP1 PCs, and after applying the 172 or so updates necessary to make Windows 7 SP1 current, this particular patch fails with error 80092004. The problem persists even after reboots, and after setting IE as the default browser, and after disabling antivirus software. It also fails when bypassing Automatic Update and manually installing the patch.

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