Why does Windows Updates install Surface drivers on a Lenovo laptop?

Question

We use Windows Updates for OS and Driver updates. We recently observed that Windows Updates installed the following drivers on a Lenovo T14s laptop: Surface System - 1.0.104.0 driver and Surface - Keyboard - 1.0.104.0 driver.

Why would Windows Updates detect and install Surface drivers on a Lenovo T14s laptop? The laptop has no peripherals or docking station attached to it. It would be helpful to understand why drivers from a different manufacture would be installed.

The Lenovo T14s was on Windows 10 Enterprise 21H2 when this occurred.

Thank you for the help.

Answer 1

You can look at both the WU and pnp setup logs. This will tell you what hardware was present and caused WU to bring down the driver set. You can look at the pnp driver logs in %windir%\inf\setupapi.dev.log. It is a large file, start by searching for "Surface System" and see what shows up.

Answer 2

You can configure Windows update in the following way:

1. Open Start.
2. Search for gpedit.msc and select the top result to launch the experience.
3. Navigate to the following path: Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update
4. Double-click the Configure Automatic Updates policy on the right side.
5. Check the Enable option to turn on the policy.
6. Under the "Options" section, select the option to prevent updates from downloading automatically on Windows 10:

• 2 — Notify for download and auto install.
• 3 — Auto download and notify for install.
• 4 — Auto download and schedule the install.
• 5 — Allow local admin to choose setting.
• 7 — Auto Download, Notify to install, Notify to Restart.

1. Click the Apply button.
2. Click the OK button.

Answer 3

You can configure WU in the following way:

1. Open Start.
2. Search for gpedit.msc and select the top result to launch the experience.
3. Navigate to the following path: Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update
4. Double-click the Configure Automatic Updates policy on the right side.
5. Check the Enable option to turn on the policy.
6. Under the "Options" section, select the option to prevent updates from downloading automatically on Windows 10:

• 2 — Notify for download and auto install.
• 3 — Auto download and notify for install.
• 4 — Auto download and schedule the install.
• 5 — Allow local admin to choose setting.
• 7 — Auto Download, Notify to install, Notify to Restart.

1. Click the Apply button.
2. Click the OK button.

Answer 4

Hi. Thank you for your question and reaching out. I’d be more than happy to help you with your query.

Try managing your updates n your Settings. This article https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/643e9ea7-3cf6-7da6-a25c-95d4f7f099fe will help you on how to do it.

If the reply was helpful, please don’t forget to upvote or accept as answer, thank you.