HP - USB - 12/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - 49.0.4411.18331 update doesn't install.

Yeah, as I discussed and found out above. The issue is directly related to HP Laser printer and Windows, for some reason trying to force an old driver and obviously failing since a new driver is already installed. Maybe HP skipped some important flags in their driver update that informs Windows about the update version of the driver but I'm not that tech-savvy to say as confirmed.

Since I rarely use that HP printer, so I have deleted the drivers and I don't have this issue anymore. If it does really bothers you, then you have to delete the HP printer driver every time after you are done using the printer, OR just switch to a different printer altogether. Both are rather drastic moves. Not recommended by me.

Everyone on Reddit talked about a small windows utility named "WUshowhide" to disable/hide some faulty updates but it didn't work for me but you may try it once.

Hello there. I did what you told me to, but I can't figure out what to do next. Yes, I have a HP Laser 103 107 108 printer at home, so I thought I should check what you told me. This is what I see:

The one printer option that is highlighted was hidden. Am I supposed to do something about it? Or could it be something else that's causing the problem?

Hello there,

"HP - USB - 12/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - 49.0.4411.18331" is an update that is really annoying me. It has always been there since the day I got my laptop. (Its been over a year)

At first, whenever I would check for windows update, this update would pop up every time, and would install and go away. Every time. This happened every single time I checked for an update.

Yesterday, I checked for an update, and sure enough, this update popped up. But instead of installing and going away, it gave me an install error. And no matter how many times I retry to install it, it doesn't install and keeps on giving me an install error.

I cant even check for updates now, unless this thing is installed.

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you in advance!

hi Roshaan Umar

I had the same problem as you but I managed to solve it now, I don't know if you still solved it,

the problem is obviously about the printer drivers you have, I've done a lot of research but unfortunately there aren't many solutions on the internet, the only solution I've been able to solve by myself is that you have to manually install your printer through the settings windows ( 11) necessarily so the Windows Update error will disappear and will be resolved, once finished restart your PC and it will no longer give you errors it will disappear, these steps are done with the printer turned on and connected through a wifi network of the same home network with which you are also connected with your PC.

remember that you must first remove all printer drivers that are connected to your pc from the windows settings,

1 Pass.

GO TO SETTINGS

2 Step:

Bluetooth and Devices

3 Step

PRINTERS AND SCANNERS

4 Step

Click on "ADD DEVICE" wait a few minutes until "ADD MANUALLY" appears below

5 Step

Click on "ADD MANUALLY"

once you click SELECT "ADD A BLUETOOTH, WIRELSS, OR IDENTIFYABLE PRINTER ON THE NETWORK"

6 Step

SELECT YOUR PRINTER (already connected to the home wifi) and after that continue with the manual installation by going ahead and then by itself it will install all the old and new drivers and thus correct the WINDOWS UPDATE error once the I restart your PC and re-enter WINDOWS Update and the error will be gone. don't worry, you can also leave your printer connected to your PC.

Let me know

Thank you...

@Roshaan Umar

oh you have the same printer, so definitely, it has to do something with printer only. I think the issue is both of us did not install the driver ourselves, manually, rather we let Windows handle the automatic driver installation and that is why we are seeing this issue.

You should right uninstall that hidden entry, one that is available in your screenshot. Right click on "HP Laser 103 107 108" entry and then click on "Uninstall device".

I also found two more similar HP branded entries in other categories in the Device Manager, though I don't remember the name of the category. I uninstalled all of found entries.

I did face an issue uninstalling one of them though. So, if you get an error while clicking on "Uninstall Device", just skip that entry and move on to the next entry and then retry to uninstall the entry once again. Restart your laptop one or two times and finally check for Windows Update and you should not see the bugged update now, hopefully.

You can reinstall the driver directly from HP if you plan on using the printer again. This is the link I used to download the latest driver, I downloaded "HP Laser 100 Printer series Print Driver" version 1.19, size 22.7MB. Please be sure to check if you have the same printer and website region.

Let me know if this helps you.