Windows 10 v2004 update repeatedly fails to update non existent keyboard but keeps trying forever (how to stop that nonsense?)

Arlen Holder <[email protected]>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.microsoft.windows,alt.comp.hardware
Organization Mixmin
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Windows 10 v2004 update fails to update non existent keyboard 
o But keeps trying forever (failing constantly)

Any idea how to stop Windows 10 from doing this?
o (like how do I delete that it thinks this keyboard exists?)

1. A few days ago I had a Logitech keyboard in my desktop
2. But I was getting BSODs so I swapped out easily changed hardware
3. For example, I swapped in a Lenovo Keyboard but drivers wouldn't update
4. So I swapped in a Dell keyboard, whose drivers update just fine
5. But Windows keeps forever trying to update the IBM Lenovo drivers
6. So I bring up the device manager, remove the device, & reboot
7. No problem, as Windows installs a driver for the Dell keyboard
8. And yet, still, the Update manager tries to download the Lenovo drivers

How do I stop Windows from trying to update what isn't even there?

Here are some illustrative screenshots, in sequence:
a. Win10v2004 fails to update the Lenovo keyboard
   (whether or not the keyboard is plugged into the machine)
   <https://i.postimg.cc/t4NxC0t2/lenovo01.jpg>

b. Even after multiple reboots, where other drivers are updated
   just fine, the Lenovo keyboard driver hangs at the same error.
   <https://i.postimg.cc/ZqYyWfwZ/lenovo02.jpg>

c. A view of the "update history" clearly shows the Lenovo keyboard
   fails to install, while everything else installs just fine.
   <https://i.postimg.cc/909D6sQP/lenovo03.jpg> 

d. Even after a boot, it still thinks it wants to download lenovo drivers
   <https://i.postimg.cc/m2Qc8xqB/lenovo04.jpg> 

e. You'd think pressing the "uninstall updates" would work, but you'd be 
   wrong in thinking that since it isn't there in the 
   control panel > Programs > Programs and Features > Installed Updates
  <https://i.postimg.cc/8zN7YKQW/lenovo05.jpg> 

f. You'd think running the MajorGeeks "Clear_Windows_Update_History" 
   batch file would work, but again, you'd be wrong.
   <http://majorgeeks.com/content/page/clear_windows_update_history.html>

g. You'd think perhaps deleting the keyboard driver in the Windows
   Device Manager would work, and then rebooting, but again, you'd
   be wrong as this re-installs the Microsoft generic driver just fine.
   <https://i.postimg.cc/mrrtLPrg/lenovo06.jpg>

h. When you reboot after uninstalling the device driver in the 
   Device Manager, you still get the same error you started with.
   <https://i.postimg.cc/bJDrn4kX/lenovo07.jpg>

Any idea how to stop Windows 10 from doing this?
o (like how do I delete that it thinks this keyboard exists?)
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