Tutorial: How to update a driver that Windows just doesn't want to update

Tutorial: How to update a driver that Windows just doesn't want to update
(As always, please improve so everyone benefits from everything you do.)

This tutorial is based on gory details learned in this thread:
o What's the one free Windows 10 driver update tool you prefer most & why?  
<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.comp.microsoft.windows/-yDz26GC6zA>

These screenshots summarize the success achieved after trial & error:
o <https://i.postimg.cc/2862Ztvf/driver01.jpg>
o <https://i.postimg.cc/rF06Wb14/driver02.jpg>
o <https://i.postimg.cc/JzCxz8v0/driver03.jpg>
o <https://i.postimg.cc/N0gxR4gw/driver04.jpg>
o <https://i.postimg.cc/s2w4mhXG/driver05.jpg>

Here is the process I attempted, including failed but noble attempts:
1. Update all drivers that Microsoft feels like updating automatically:
   o Win+I > Update & Security > Windows Update > [Check for updates
2. Try to update drivers that Microsoft feels like updating manually:
   o Win+R > devmgmt.msc > System devices > LPC Interface Controller 
   o Driver > [Update Driver] > Search automatically for drivers
3. Test all drivers for 24 hours to see if any have issues:
   o Win+R > verifier
4. Search for new drivers using driver identifier freeware, e.g., Dumo:
   <http://www.kcsoftwares.com/?dumo>
   <https://www.kcsoftwares.com/files/dumo.zip>
   "Detects required drivers according to your version of Microsoft Windows"
   Name: DUMo.exe
   Size: 2237376 bytes (2184 KiB)
   SHA256: 902798AD309B778382896775F798899448538E3B13096C7F01B4D0D072A5BC41
5. Dumo identified an available LPC Interface Controller driver:
   o Current driver: 1.0.50.13
   o Available driver: 1.0.64.8
   <https://i.postimg.cc/2862Ztvf/driver01.jpg>
6. Obtain that available driver file from the manufacturer or from MS:
   o <https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=compal+>
     Compal Electronics, INC., System, 7/9/2015 12:00:00 AM - 1.0.64.8
     Windows 10 and later drivers,Windows 10 and Later Servicing Drivers
     for testing Drivers (Other Hardware) 7/8/2015 1.0.64.8 137 KB
     Name: 4b427ef6-2932-46b3-8ee9-058a19b012e5_87cc805498b6288f11615839f6aaf1f7bcf09147.cab
     Size: 140892 bytes (137 KiB)
     SHA256: AF844719CDDB0D139FDA8BD0FF9E33E6B4F925EE2E1F0A5DB5107480030D2247
     <http://download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/driver/drvs/2017/03/4b427ef6-2932-46b3-8ee9-058a19b012e5_87cc805498b6288f11615839f6aaf1f7bcf09147.cab>
     (Note: Hereinafter I will call this file "1.cab" for simplicity.
7. Attempt to install that MS Catalog driver using the Device Manager:
   o Win+R > devmgmt.msc > RMB on "LPC Interface Controller" > Properties
     Driver Date: 7/16/2012 
     Driver Version: 1.0.50.13
     Press on [Update Driver]
     Browse my computer for drivers > c:\tmp\cab
      [x]Include subfolders
      [Next]
     But DeviceManager said "The best driver is already installed".
8. Attempt to install that Microsoft cab file using DISM:
   o Win+R > cmd {control+shift+enter}
     DISM /Online /Add-Package /PackagePath:"c:\tmp\cab\1.cab"
      Error: 0x80070002, Error: 2
      The system cannot find the file specified.
     (Note: That error is all over the net; nobody knows what it means.)
9. Give up on DISM, and just extract the cab file to the INF file contents
   o Win+R > cmd {control+shift+enter}
   o Expand -F:* c:\tmp\cab\1.cab c:\tmp\cab
     That extracts, in my case, the following four files from the cab:
     lpcfilter.cat, LPCFilter.inf, LPCFilter.pdb, LPCFilter.sys
10. Right-click install from that INF file which will say it works:
    But it's a lie, as it did not work (even after a reboot).
    o <https://i.postimg.cc/rF06Wb14/driver02.jpg>
11. In Device Manager, update that driver via the [Update Driver] button
    But don't use the "Browse my computer for drivers" (it won't work)
12. Instead, use "Let me pick from a list of available drivers on my computer"
    Don't ask me the difference because I don't why only this works.
    Accept all the dire-warning prompts and reboot thereafter
    o <https://i.postimg.cc/JzCxz8v0/driver03.jpg>
13. Check the Device Manager to be sure the driver updated
    o <https://i.postimg.cc/N0gxR4gw/driver04.jpg>
14. Check with Dumo software to be sure the driver updated
    o <https://i.postimg.cc/s2w4mhXG/driver05.jpg>
Voila!

This tutorial is written so that others don't have to go through the hell I
just went through just to update a driver to the latest available, where if
you ask why I'm updating all my drivers, see the gory details over here:
o Windows 10 BSOD indicates a hardware problem - but what hardware is the problem? 
<https://alt.comp.os.windows-10.narkive.com/oL7PTNKu/windows-10-bsod-indicates-a-hardware-problem-but-what-hardware-is-the-problem>
<http://www.pcbanter.net/showthread.php?t=1110105>
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(As always, please improve so everyone benefits from everything you do.)