Windows 10: Many PC Crashes - The driver \Driver\WUDFRd failed to load for the device ROOT\SYSTEM\0001

Hi, I have been having more and more crashes with my PC. It happens during any activity. Currently, the only relevant error crashes I have found are: The driver \Driver\WUDFRd failed to load for the device ROOT\SYSTEM\0001The driver \Driver\WUDFRd failed to load for the device ROOT\SYSTEM\0002These happen right after or during every crash. event viewerAlso, in device manager I have one "universal Device client device" with a yellow triangle code 31. I am on a Win 11 Laptop with a Ryzen CPU and RTX 30

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The driver \Driver\WudfRd failed to load for the device ROOT\WPD\0000?

Check out this MS answers exchange: it is focused on USB stuff (you didn't provide basic error message description text in your original posting, so I'm assuming it could be but isn't necessarily related). Does sound like a root hub discovery/drive loading error, though... The driver \Driver\WudfRd failed to load for the device - Microsoft Community
HTH,
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WUDFRd Driver Failed to Load

Usually this is a Kernel-Pnp message telling you that WUDFRd failed to load a device.
ex:
The driver \Driver\WUDFRd failed to load for the device USB\VID_138A&PID_003D
or
The driver \Driver\WUDFRd failed to load for the device ACPI\HPQ6000\3&b1bfb68&0.

so first thing is to see what device it could not load.

 

The driver \Driver\WUDFRd failed to load for the device


Full event error: The driver \Driver\WUDFRd failed to load for the device {C5A047D8-CB5B-40E9-B9E3-316AB06B5A18}\WirelessKeyboardFilter`

Driver environment:
Windows 10 x64 desktop
I have a wireless Microsoft mouse
I do not have a Microsoft wireless keyboard
I have the associated transceiver that should work for both (if installed)

This problem started when my Microsoft wireless mouse driver was updated to version 1.0.102.0 (dated 3/16/2016).
This driver update also appears to be responsible for a few other device errors as well:









I believe this new driver assumes you have a wireless keyboard (without checking) and just tries to load a driver for it.

My temporary fix is/was to rollback the driver to the previous Microsoft version 10.0.10586.0 (dated 6/21/2006):









Anyone else run across this condition or have a known solution using the latest driver?

Thanks,