"Using Windows Update to keep constantly buggy versions of Flash updated is a nice idea, but if you can't deliver in a timely fashion then it doesn't mean a whole lot," said "dicobalt" on Microsoft's support forum.

Until Microsoft patches Flash on IE10 in Windows 8, users can run a different browser -- Chrome or Mozilla's Firefox, for example -- that relies on the up-to-date Windows plug-in.

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