Another oddity. Windows update is showing driver updates that are for versions OLDER than what I have already installed directly from manufacturer resources. Ugh. These seem to have disappeared a bit later in the day after a few more restarts and launching Windows Update a few times. Nice.

I decided to see just how CRAP device manager really is. So I installed one of my own USB IR receivers which is fully supported in Windows as a WMC Transceiver. I can't find any VID/PID info. No strings associated with the hardware at all. The only thing I can see if that it's HID and MS software details. Even selecting "Manufacturer" in Details gives me back "Microsoft" - the maker of the driver, not the hardware.

Really useful.