Missing Detection Verification driver

[wayne_boulder]

I have reinstalled Windows 10 64-bit Home to the latest 20H2 version. I have also updated to the latest F.34 BIOS. I have updated, using Windows Update and HP Support Assistant, version 8.8.34.31.

Device Manager shows a device under Other Devices called Detection Verification that does not have a driver, and I have not been able to find a driver. Where can I find a driver?

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

That device is supposed to be installed by the audio driver.

https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp103501-104000/sp103860.exe

Solved: Driver for Detection verification - HP Support Community - 6921724

Solved: Detection Verification DRIVER - HP Support Community - 7908362

Solved: Detection Verification Driver Could Not Load - HP Support Community - 6692791

If it still doesn't install, you can try manually installing the driver I attached in this discussion...

Detection Verification did not go away. My Problem still exi... - HP Support Community - 8018364

[wayne_boulder]

I get some confusing results. I tried the installation of the Realtek audio driver at your first link. It first uninstalled the present driver, and the new driver was not installed after boot up. I reinstalled it from the Device Manager. The icon for the Device Verification driver in Device Manager did not change. Then I tried the file in your last link. Now the icon in Device Manager for the Detection Verification driver is different, with a question mark. Windows cannot find any driver. I hope this error does not matter. My results seem to be similar to the post by Gerfruc1974.

[wayne_boulder]

Maybe the new situation with the icon with a question mark is not really an error. Anyway, it is not being flagged as missing a driver. So hopefully things are OK.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

I don't even know what that device does, and if the sound is working, I wouldn't be too concerned.

As a last resort, the only other thing you can do would be to use the HP cloud recovery tool to create a bootable USB recovery drive that will reinstall W10, the drivers and the software that originally came with your notebook.

Here is an info link for how to use that utility.

HP Consumer PCs - Using the HP Cloud Recovery Tool (Windows 10, 7) | HP® Customer Support

Then you can click on the blue Update Now button at the link below to upgrade to version 20H2.

Download Windows 10 (microsoft.com)