Turn off windows update device driver search prompt
Отключаем автоматическое обновление драйверов в Windows 10
При подключении нового устройства к вашему компьютеру, планшету или ноутбуку, Windows пытается автоматически установить подходящий драйвер. Операционная система в дальнейшем система пытается обновлять версию драйвера через систему обновлений Windows (Windows Update). В большинстве случаев этот подход является оптимальным, т.к. гарантирует установку актуальных версий драйверов, прошедших проверку в Microsoft. Однако в некоторых случаях пользователь осознанно идет на использование старых версий драйверов и не хочет, чтобы они автоматически обновлялись Windows через WindowUpdate.
К счастью, вы можете запретить Windows 10 автоматически обновлять драйвера устройства. В этой статье мы опишем несколько известных нам способов отключения автообновления драйверов.
Как в Windows 10 отключить обновления драйвера для конкретного устройства
В Windows 10 вы можете заблокировать обновлений драйверов для конкретного устройства. Например, вы используете какой-то старый (но стабильный) драйвер видеокарты, который перестает корректно работать после каждого автоматического обновления драйвера компьютеров. Вы хотите, чтобы все драйвера компьютера обновлялись автоматически, кроме драйвера для конкретного устройства (вашего видеоадаптера).
Microsoft предлагает использовать отдельную утилиту wushowhide.diagcab (Show or Hide Updates), позволяющую скрыть конкретные обновления или драйвера в Windows 10.
Вы можете отключить обновление конкретного драйвера через групповые политики. В первую очередь вам нужно определить идентификатор устройства, для которого вы хотите отключить обновление драйверов.
Вы можете включить эту же политику через реестр. Для этого запустите редактор реестра regedit.exe и перейдите в ветку HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceInstall\Restrictions\DenyDeviceIDs. Создайте в этом разделе строковые REG_SZ значения с именами по порядку, начиная с 1 и значением ИД оборудования в каждом параметре.
Отключение обновление драйверов в настройках оборудования
Самый простой способ запретить Windows обновлять драйвера – изменить настройки системы на вкладке Оборудование. Для этого:
Как отключить обновление драйверов устройств через групповые политики
Отключить обновление драйверов устройств в Windows 10 через Центр обновлений можно с помощью групповых политик (через GPO также проще выполнить настройку сразу на нескольких компьютерах в домене AD или через копирование настроек локальных GPO в рабочей группе с помощью LGPO.exe):
Отключаем обновление драйверов через реестр
На домашних редакциях Windows 10, на которых отсутствует редактор групповых политик, отключить обновление драйверов можно с помощью редактора реестра:
reg add «HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate» /v ExcludeWUDriversInQualityUpdate /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
reg add «HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DriverSearching» /v SearchOrderConfig /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
После перезагрузки автоматическое обновление драйверов в системе будет заблокировано.
How to turn off driver updates in Windows Update in Windows 10
With the recently released Windows 10 build 14328, Microsoft added a new option to Windows 10. Now it is possible to stop Windows 10 from updating your drivers. By default, Windows 10 automatically installs drivers from Windows Update when they become available along with security patches.
Turn off driver updates in Windows Update in Windows 10 using Winaero Tweaker
Just you the following option in Winaero Tweaker to disable driver updates in Windows Update with one click. 
Get Winaero Tweaker here: Download Winaero Tweaker.
Turn off driver updates in Windows Update in Windows 10 using Group Policy
If you are running a Windows 10 Edition without Group Policy, you need to apply a tweak as described below.
Turn off driver updates in Windows Update in Windows 10 using a Registry tweak
Tip: You can access the desired Registry key with one click.
If you don’t have such a key, then just create it.
That’s it. You just made Windows 10 Anniversary Update not install drivers from Windows Update.
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13 thoughts on “ How to turn off driver updates in Windows Update in Windows 10 ”
I don’t have this option in the administrative Templates on Win 10 Enterprise 10586.218.
Sorry, i didn’t read the article accurately.
The option made its appearance with the recently released Windows 10 build 14328.
This is what I’ve been waiting for since a year ago. I tried once your Group Policy trick but that didn’t stop this blasphemy from updating everything! Hopefully this will make a final stop to it!!
Yeah, definitely nice change.
So we already had gold in Windows 7. Don’t get excited that they removed and added it back. Windows 10 is still several times worse than Windows 7.
The only option that actually works is “disable windows update” for now.
Please i need my system to keep old NVIDIA driver cause they are the only that let me work with my 3 different monitor without any issue, let me know if someone is aware of this problem!
P.S. I hate this anniversary update.
Try in video driver properties, and Rolling back to previous driver, and give it a reason I usually chose “it worked better with previos driver” then OK and reboot
Then reinstall your driver over the existent (uninstall any newer utilites first if present)
I’m already trying for months to make working correct again my configurating; a Dell laptop E6510 (with or without using my dockingstation) and an external screen. If you find a solution I hope you’ll publish the ‘secret’ because the internet is full about the same problem. The screen output is ok while booting but the moment Windows is taking over controlling the screen output (showing the turning small circle in the middle of the screen) and should send output to the correct port the screen goes black. Login ‘in the blind’ is possible and afterwards playing with Windows+P can help sometimes. I did disable updating drivers as discribed in the artikel on https://www.itechtics.com/disable-automatic-driver-updates-windows. Also I tried installing the software as mentioned in https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3073930/how-to-temporarily-prevent-a-driver-update-from-reinstalling-in-window but the driver doesn’t show up in the update list.
Now I’ll try this registry option allthough this – if it works – only will re-enable multiple screens but with low resulotion. But at least then my screen output will be back on my laptop screen in stead of only on my external screen.
By the way: even disabling of the screen adapter causing the problem does not prevent installing the NVIDIA drivers after enabling internet connection. After 10 or 15 minutes suddenly the drivers will be installed by Windows. I did install several (old) versions of the Windows drivers as well from Nvidia as from Nvidia. Nothing helped. Even restoring full backups or restoring old system state or returning to previous Windows versions did not solve the problem!
Thanks, a lot:
1. For this awesome and lightweight tweaking software.
2. For making it accessible to those using screen readers. (I think it still needs some works, but it’s perfectly usable.)
3. Finally, for helping me getting rid of drivers in Windows Updates! Keep up to date work!
THIS DOES NOT WORK ON WINDOWS HOME.
Microsoft made damn sure of that.
3 ways to Stop Windows 10 From Automatically Updating Drivers
On Windows PC Device Drivers play a vital role in the system’s performance and stability. And an outdated, Incompatible Driver software causes different problems on your system. That’s why Microsoft has configured Windows 10 to automatically download device drivers via Windows Update and install them. But sometimes getting driver updates automatically are known to cause issues on specific hardware configurations. If you come across Situation like this, here we share three different ways to disable automatic driver updates in Windows 10.
Disable Automatic Driver Updates
Note: While the focus and screenshots are from Windows 10, But the same configurations can be used for Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1.
Using Windows Settings
Open control panel from start menu search.
Here under System properties click on Device Installation Settings.
Windows will ask you the following question: “Do you want Windows to download driver software and realistic icons for your devices?. You should choose “No, and press the Save Changes button.
This should stop Windows from automatically downloading and installing device drivers from Windows Update.
Disable driver updates Using Group Policy
If you’re running Windows 10 Pro edition, then you can stop getting driver updates from Windows Update using Local Group Policy Editor. Here how to do
Note: Skip this step If you are Windows 10 Home basic user as Group policy feature not available for you!
On Start menu search type gpedit.msc and select Edit Group Policy.
Now, on the right side, look for Do not include drivers with Windows Update policy. Double-click on the policy to open its properties.
Select the Enabled option. Click the Apply button. Lastly, click the OK button.
After completing the steps, your device will continue to receive security and other patches, but drivers will be excluded.
Disable driver updates From Windows 10 registry
As Windows 10 Home users won’t have access to the Local Group Policy Editor, but they can still exclude driver updates by modifying the Registry Here how to do:
That’s all Once you’ve completed the steps, cumulative updates will continue to download, but you won’t receive updates for device drivers. Any time you can revert the changes using the same instructions and delete the ExcludeWUDriversInQualityUpdate DWORD key. Also read MS Outlook not responding, Freezes frequently? Here 7 Working solutions to Fix Outlook problems!
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How to Disable Automatic Driver Updates in Windows 10?
When you connect a new device to your computer, laptop or tablet, Windows tries to automatically install a corresponding driver. The operation system further tries to update the driver version through the Windows Update. In most cases, this approach is optimal, since guarantees the installation of the latest driver versions that have been verified by Microsoft. However, in some cases the user deliberately uses the old driver versions and doesn’t want them to be updated automatically by Windows through Window Update.
Fortunately, you can prevent Windows 10 from automatically updating device drivers. In this article we will describe several ways we know on how to disable driver auto-update.
How to Prevent Windows 10 from Automatically Updating Specific Drivers?
You can stop automatic driver updates for a specific device in Windows 10. For example, you are using some kind of old (but stable) video card driver that stops working correctly after each automatic driver update. You want all computer drivers to be updated automatically, except for the driver for a specific device (your video card).
Microsoft suggests using a separate tool – wushowhide.diagcab (“Show or Hide Updates”), which allows you to hide specific updates or drivers in Windows 10.
You can disable specific driver updates via the Group Policy. First of all, you need to determine the identifier of the device for which you want to disable the automatic driver updates.
Also you can enable this policy through the registry. To do this, run the registry editor (regedit.exe) and go to the registry key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceInstall\Restrictions\DenyDeviceIDs. In this section, create string (REG_SZ) parameters with the names in order, starting with 1 and the hardware ID value in each parameter.
You can disable driver updates for specific device types (printers, sound cards, USB controllers, etc) using the policy “Prevent installation of devices using drivers that match these device setup classes”. To do this, you need to specify the device class GUID. For example, <4d36e972-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318>is a class of network adapters, <4d36e979-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318>and <4658ee7e-f050-11d1-b6bd-00c04fa372a7>– printers, etc.
How to Disable Driver Updates in Hardware Settings?
The easiest way to prevent Windows from automatic drivers update is to change the system settings on the Hardware tab. To do this:
How to Stop Automatic Driver Updates Using Group Policies?
You can disable device driver updates in Windows 10 through Windows Update using Group Policies (it is also easier to configure settings on several computers in the AD domain at once via GPO or by copying the settings of local GPOs between computers in the workgroup using LGPO.exe):
How to Disable Driver Updates in the Registry?
In Windows 10 Home editions with no Group Policy Editor, driver updates can be turned off using the Registry Editor.
You can apply this setting with the following commands:
reg add «HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate» /v ExcludeWUDriversInQualityUpdate /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
reg add «HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DriverSearching» /v SearchOrderConfig /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
After the reboot, the automatic update of the drivers in the system will be blocked.
Several times I have seen that administrators disable driver updates after deploying a Windows 10 image and installing all the necessary drivers. To do this, you can disable the installation of the driver using the policy “Prevent installation of devices not described by other policy settings” (discussed above) or the command:
reg add «HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceInstall\Restrictions» /v DenyUnspecified /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
3 Ways To Disable Automatic Driver Updates In Windows 10
Windows 10 forcefully installs Windows Updates by default. This includes all updates including Windows device drivers. This article is about disabling automatic driver updates from Windows Update. This setting can be disabled due to several reasons. Some drivers from Microsoft may not be fully compatible with the device driver you have installed. Or the driver which the manufacturer provides can have more features than the basic Microsoft drivers.
In this article, we will share three different ways to disable automatic driver updates in Windows 10. While the focus and screenshots are from Windows 10, the same configurations can be used for Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1.
Disable Automatic Driver Updates
1- Using Windows Settings
For changing the device drivers automatic installation setting in Windows 10, you will need to dig deep into the Control Panel. Just follow the steps below:
This should stop Windows from automatically downloading and installing device drivers from Windows Update.
2- Using Group Policy
Windows Group Policy can be a handy tool to change device drivers settings. This can be useful especially when you are doing it for multiple systems in the network. Follow the instruction below to disable device driver updates from Windows Updates using Group Policy:
If you want to dig deeper in controlling every aspect of device driver installation through group policy, read this wonderful technet article.
3- Using Windows Registry
You can also disable device driver installation from Windows Update using Windows Registry. It is always recommended to backup your Registry before making changes to the registry.
Finding and installing device drivers manually
While there are quite a few software to detect the unknown devices and automatically download and install their drivers from their respective manufacturers, you can always go to the device manufacturer to download the latest compatible device drivers of your choice.
If you don’t want to take headache of finding the right device driver, I would highly recommend 3 DP Chip software which will automatically download the latest compatible device drivers for your basic system devices like motherboard, graphics card, sound card and network drivers.
SlimDrivers is another wonderful program which will keep your device drivers updates and the drivers will come from their respective device manufacturers.