On 6 Jul 2018 08:06:08 GMT, nospam wrote:

an 'installation' which you intentionally hacked to block the windows
auto-update mechanism, a detail you conveniently neglected to mention.

in other words, you broke it.

Yet again, nospam,
a. You just guess, and, worse,
b. You just guess wrong.

I can easily tell you almost certainly have no formal education based on
how you just guess at everything, where your stellar lack of credibility is
worse than that of the monkey. You'd never pass a single class with your
accuracy record being something like one out of 15 guesses being correct.

With respect to the stated problem set, it seems that the Windows Update is
failing for others who are clearly technically competent and who are
seeking drivers for legacy printers based on this report I just read.

April 6, 2018:
Windows 10 Printer Lists - unable to update printer list from Windows Update
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-hardware/windows-10-printer-lists-unable-to-update-printer/3cad241e-b999-46d2-9515-e1ca628d0ef9

The solutions in that thread (and those suggested by SC Tom in this
thread), worked perfectly for me today.

To improve the tribal archives, I updated the apnote on how to install
legacy printers, as a result, so that everyone benefits from every action.

Quick tutorial for installing the Hewlett Packard HP LaserJet 2100tn printer on Windows.
http://alt.comp.os.windows-10.narkive.com/yKNzX4YR/quick-tutorial-for-installing-the-hewlett-packard-hp-laserjet-2100tn-printer-on-windows