W11 Update Install Error - Hewlett-Packard - USB - 4/8/2019 12:00:00 AM - 1.0.0.237

Uninstalling this 1.0.0.237 is straightforward with Device Manager

Now it’s gone, and we are ready to get the updates again. But, a strange thing happens, Windows update gets an 17MB update instead of faulty 8MB one.

It installs ok, with no further error in Windows Update.

So, uninstalling a faulty driver does not solve the problem, the updates still remain in Windows Update list so I try to remove them. Since they do not have KBid I tried to use UpdateId, and to get it I used this script:

$session = [activator]::CreateInstance([type]::GetTypeFromProgID(“Microsoft.Update.Session”,$ComputerName))

$us = $session.CreateUpdateSearcher()

$qtd = $us.GetTotalHistoryCount()

$hot = $us.QueryHistory(0, $qtd)

foreach ($Upd in $hot) {

$OutPut = New-Object -Type PSObject -Prop @{

‘ComputerName’=$computername

‘UpdateDate’=$Upd.date

‘KB’=[regex]::match($Upd.Title,’KB(\d+)’)

‘UpdateTitle’=$Upd.title

‘UpdateDescription’=$Upd.Description

‘SupportUrl’=$Upd.SupportUrl

‘UpdateId’=$Upd.UpdateIdentity.UpdateId

‘RevisionNumber’=$Upd.UpdateIdentity.RevisionNumber

}

Write-Output $OutPut

}

You get output like this:

ComputerName      :

UpdateDate        : 3.10.2024. 14:17:58

RevisionNumber    : 1

SupportUrl        : http://support.microsoft.com/select/?target=hub

UpdateTitle       : Hewlett-Packard - USB - 4/8/2019 12:00:00 AM - 1.0.0.237

KB                :

UpdateDescription : Hewlett-Packard USB  driver update released in  April 2019

UpdateId          : c8f538e2-fb7a-4c43-a122-c2ca9390b3f2

ComputerName      :

UpdateDate        : 3.10.2024. 7:01:23

RevisionNumber    : 1

SupportUrl        : http://support.microsoft.com/select/?target=hub

UpdateTitle       : Hewlett-Packard - USB - 4/8/2019 12:00:00 AM - 1.0.0.237

KB                :

UpdateDescription : Hewlett-Packard USB  driver update released in  April 2019

UpdateId          : 4efe8a54-e7cd-4146-a2ff-86f34d9ca5ac

ComputerName      :

UpdateDate        : 3.10.2024. 7:01:23

RevisionNumber    : 1

SupportUrl        : http://support.microsoft.com/select/?target=hub

UpdateTitle       : Hewlett-Packard - USB - 4/8/2019 12:00:00 AM - 1.0.0.237

KB                :

UpdateDescription : Hewlett-Packard USB  driver update released in  April 2019

UpdateId          : 45c8e9e6-cea0-4a02-8959-9ea5fef85a22

Collect all unique UpdateIDs for the 1.0.0.237:

c8f538e2-fb7a-4c43-a122-c2ca9390b3f2

4efe8a54-e7cd-4146-a2ff-86f34d9ca5ac

45c8e9e6-cea0-4a02-8959-9ea5fef85a22

And tried to remove them with:

Remove-WindowsUpdate -UpdateID "4efe8a54-e7cd-4146-a2ff-86f34d9ca5ac"...

No luck.

In conclusion, this is a Microsoft’s problem, inability to remove update package without KB id should be possible. Until then hiding is the only option.

After removing driver - reboot - pause updates - then resume to rescan - should be gone

After removing driver - reboot - pause updates - then resume to rescan - should be gone