Arlen Holder
2020-10-02 07:29:28 UTC
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:
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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>
(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 <Loading Image...
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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.)
(As always, please improve so everyone benefits from everything you do.)