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

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You are brilliant! you just repeated the same worthless useless babble that's in this thread 100 times! wow you must be a tech giant! READ MY LIPS! THIS FIX IS NITHING BUT A TEMPORARY HIDER! Are you listening? have you read any of the posts here? are you clueless or a wanna be techie? Pat yourself on the back for wasting our time! The real fix needs to be done by HP! NOT YOU!

This has literally been a problem for 7+ years. They're not going to fix it. Even if they fix this particular one, it's just going to happen again with a different version of the driver like it has in the past (multiple times apparently). As far as I'm concerned, only having to run a few commands once a year is "permanent" enough.

And why are you acting like this is my fault , I've had the same exact problem ever since I bought this printer ages ago 💀

You are brilliant! you just repeated the same worthless useless babble that's in this thread 100 times! wow you must be a tech giant! READ MY LIPS! THIS FIX IS NITHING BUT A TEMPORARY HIDER! Are you listening? have you read any of the posts here? are you clueless or a wanna be techie? Pat yourself on the back for wasting our time! The real fix needs to be done by HP! NOT YOU!

I've had this issue with this same exact driver for literally YEARS and have found no way to permanently solve it, however I found a way that is pretty close. For some reason for me, but normal 'hide updates' tool mentioned before didn't work.

However this is what I've been doing and it should work at least until the next major feature update (such as 24H2) which is only once a year, then you'll just have to do it again, but it is pretty quick. The instructions might seem complicated but I am just being detailed in explaining what it does. It's really just like 3 commands.

1. Open Windows PowerShell as administrator
2. Run the following command which will install this module for PowerShell called "PSWindowsUpdate" that can deal with Windows Updates. The module is signed with a trusted certificate and everything.

• Install-Module PSWindowsUpdate
• Enter 'y' to confirm yes when it asks you to install it

3. (Optional) If you already installed that module before but it has been a while, then run this command instead to make sure it's up to date:

• Update-Module PSWindowsUpdate

4. Then run this command:

• Get-WindowsUpdate

5. You'll see a list of any currently found available updates, which should be the same as any ones that show up in the Windows Update settings menu, including the HP USB ones. There will be headers in the list like ComputerName, Status, KB (this one doesn't have a KB number apparently), Size, and Title
6. Copy the title and run it with the command:

• Hide-WindowsUpdate -Title "whatever update title"
• In this case specifically:
  • Hide-WindowsUpdate -Title "Hewlett-Packard - USB - 4/8/2019 12:00:00 AM - 1.0.0.237"
• In other situations where a KB article is listed, you could alternatively run:
  • Hide-WindowsUpdate -KBArticleID KBNUMBER

7. It will ask if you to confirm you want to perform the action, so enter Y. It might ask you twice if the update appears twice in the list. It will probably show the list again, but now with the letter 'H' as part of the 'Status' column.
8. Now it should no longer show up in the updates list in the settings menu. If you run "Get-WindowsUpdate" again through PowerShell, you'll notice the items are there but now show an 'H'.

Extra Tips / Notes:

• If you ever want to see the updates you've hidden, you can use this command and it will include hidden updates:
  • Get-WindowsUpdate -WithHidden
• If you want to unhide a command, use the following command just like you did with the one to hide:
  • UnHide-WindowsUpdate -Title "whatever update title"
• To see a list of all the possible commands for the module, use this command:
  • Get-Command -module PSWindowsUpdate
• To see a list of parameters for any command you can use the "Show-Command" command (this applies to any powershell command). Example:
  • Show-Command Get-WindowsUpdate

HP and Microsoft could care less about this - these "hide" the problem until returns answers fill this thread by their "experts" and other wanna be internet tech sleuths! THE ONLY "FIX" UNPLUGING AND UNINSTALLING PRINTER! Then do all updates including device drivers. When done plug printer back in and it will reinstall until next round of updates. SAD but sign of times. 11 pages of worthless advice here!