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

On Fri, 18 Sep 2020 13:35:33 -0500, GlowingBlueMist wrote:

> You might like to look at the "Device Cleanup Tool" found at 
> https://www.uwe-sieber.de/misc_tools_e.html
> 
> You can use it to remove all the leftover USB devices from Windows that 
> build up over time, like old keyboards and such.
> 
> After a final reboot see if Microsoft still tries to update the "ghost" 
> keyboard.

Thanks GlowingBlueMist, as you, and Paul, and only a few others have always 
been purposefully helpful, as am I, but you guys know more than I do.

Paul had previously turned me on to the Sieber site for USBTreeView
o <https://i.postimg.cc/2SSN3bKR/usbview01.jpg>

Which helped me identify a long-standing quick usb-disconnect/connect:
o <https://i.postimg.cc/rmCXCgN2/usbview02.jpg>

Therefore, I'm very willing to try the Sieber USB cleanup tool:
o <https://www.uwe-sieber.de/misc_tools_e.html>

OK. It failed, but it's still a very nice tool for USB cleanup.
o Here's my log which I keep on USB stick for each & every install:

For the gui sieber device cleanup tool:
https://www.uwe-sieber.de/misc_tools_e.html
 https://www.uwe-sieber.de/files/DeviceCleanup.zip
  Name: DeviceCleanup.exe
  Size: 58752 bytes (57 KiB)
  SHA256: 5BF8EAD8700CDDB94E42C94224760028015547542488C22BFA804F4CD449C465

For the command line sieber device cleanup tool:
 https://www.uwe-sieber.de/files/DeviceCleanupCmd.zip
  Name: DeviceCleanupCmd.exe
  Size: 39296 bytes (38 KiB)
  SHA256: 969897E38FD247DDEE825A13E009F66644DEBD8A2ECC4924081083D3308E5BCC

1. Place the software where it belongs, e.g., 
   c:\app\hardware\usb\devicecleanup\devicecleanup.exe
   
   Note: you always define where things belong, not 1,000 developers, 
   none of whom seem to use a common concept of a proper hierarchy.

2. Right click on "DeviceCleanup.exe" to "Run as Administrator"
   Up pops the "Device Cleanup Tool V1.1.0" (it does not say "restricted').

   Note the 125 "non-present devices" in status on the bottom of the GUI.

3. Now to find the offending Lenovo keyboard in that long list:
   There is no search. 
   There isn't any mention of Lenovo.
   There are keyboards though as I sort via "Class".
   I select the 5 "HID Keyboard Device" found in the "Keyboard" class.
   I right click and select "Remove Device" for all five en masse.
   
   Now what? Do I reboot? Or do I just exit? 
   (The keyboard is still working as I'm typing this as it occurs.)

4. I check before rebooting, but I still get the update error:
    Lenovo - Input - USB Enhanced Performance Keyboard (7)
    Failed to install on 9/18/2020 - 0x800f024b
   
    Lenovo - Keyboard - 12/17/2015 12:00:00 AM - 2.0.1.7
    Successfully installed on 9/17/?2020

5. Let's reboot and check again.
   Drat. 
   Same thing.

6. Let's re-run the Sieber USB cleanup tool though:
   Well, at least that shows clean.
   So now I don't have 125 USB devices that aren't actually there.
-- 
But I still get an error on Windows update for a Lenovo keyboard
   Lenovo - Input - USB Enhanced Performance Keyboard (7)
   Failed to install on 9/18/2020 - 0x800f024b