Microsoft Win 7 Update For 5.14.18 "hidclass" Does Not Work

GoshenGeek · May 21, 2018

System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit

On 5.14.18 there was a Microsoft update "HIDClass - 3.3.207.0". Applying this update caused problems that were fixed when I restored the computer to the state prior to the update.

There are 2 accounts on the computer: administrator & standard user. When the update was applied, the standard user account worked fine, BUT the administrator account had the following problems:
- all items I had pinned to the task bar were gone
- Internet Explorer scrollbar no longer worked & nothing happened when I clicked on a link in IE

Did anyone else have these or similar problems?

plodr · May 22, 2018

I never install driver updates from Microsoft.
After a bit of digging, I found this.

Ends up that the “Surface — HIDClass” driver is for Microsoft USB keyboards. It has nothing to do with Surface.
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This was 3.3.206 which was offered in April.
Source: https://www.computerworld.com/artic...for-this-months-big-bugs-and-no-previews.html

GoshenGeek · May 22, 2018

plodr said: ↑

I never install driver updates from Microsoft.
After a bit of digging, I found this.
This was 3.3.206 which was offered in April.
Source: https://www.computerworld.com/artic...for-this-months-big-bugs-and-no-previews.html
Click to expand...

I agree about not installing drivers. But how did you know that this particular update was a driver? Thanks!!

satrow · May 22, 2018

The strange Surface — HIDClass 4/26/2018 12:00:00 AM — 3.3.206.0 driver
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Some things stand out

plodr · May 23, 2018

First I never auto update or accept what MS offers. I also have "recommended" and driver updates to not be offered. I'll take security but don't have use for a lot of the other things that MS wants to put on our computers.

If I don't see much information on something that is offered, I google it and write notes on a monthly update card. Then I decide if I "need" it.

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