On Fri, 18 Sep 2020 08:22:39 +0100, MikeS wrote:

1. Right click the Start button and select Control Panel.
2. Click System.
3. Click Advanced system settings from the left sidebar.
4. Select the Hardware tab.
5. Press the Device Installation Settings button.
6. Choose No, and then press the Save Changes button.

Thanks for hazarding a solution, as I'm well aware the dangers trying to
help someone on Usenet risks, where I did try that, and was hopeful...

This brings us to step 4 in one unambiguous command:
o Win+R SystemPropertiesHardware
a. Press the Device Installation Settings button.
b. Choose No, and then press the Save Changes button.
c. Win+R shutdown.exe /r /f /t 5 /c "Reboot in 5 seconds!"

Unfortunately, I checked before/after rebooting...
o Windows 10 still wants to update that device that doesn't exist.