Hello friends! Today I will tell you Tohow to disable automatic installation drivers in Windows 10. This may be needed under certain circumstances, one of which happened to me the other day. I am giving the details, I am sure it will come in handy for many.
A friend of mine complained that after Windows installations 10 the system rebooted from. Arriving at the site and analyzing the error data Blue screen I realized that the problem was due to a driver error on the sound card. As it turned out, my friend was using discrete sound adapter Creative SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio Sound Card, whileintegrated sound card has been disabled in BIOS... It turns out that blue screen appeared just because of the conflict of the driver of a separate audio card, which the system tried to install automatically. In simple words, the driver for some reason did not fit and the OS crashed with critical error... I booted into safe mode and disabledautomatic installation of drivers in the system, then made a normal boot. Unfortunately, on the official website of the SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio Sound Card manufacturer, I did not find firewood for Windows 10 and therefore I turned on the integrated sound in BIOS, after that BSoDs have stopped. Have then my friend with the help official support device manufacturer downloaded required drivers and installed them.
How to disable automatic driver installation
Centre windows updates contains the global storage different drivers... After installation, the operating system initializes all devices connected to the computer and installs drivers automatically. Sometimes it happens that the driver does not fit. In this case, you need to disable the automatic installation of drivers in the OS and install them manually by downloading latest versions on the official website of the manufacturer.
Open the "Control Panel"
Choose "System and Security"
"System"
« Extra options systems "
On the "Hardware" tab, select "Device installation parameters"
In the window that appears, check the item "No (the device may not work correctly)"
Like this in a simple way we have disabled the automatic installation of drivers in Windows 10.
The same can be done in the Group Policy Editor.
Start -> Run. In the input field, write gpedit.msc and click OK.
"Computer configuration" -> " Administrative Templates"->" System "->" Installing the device» --> « Restriction on device installation» .
In the right part of the window, select "Prohibit the installation of devices not described by other policy settings" and double-click on it with the left mouse button.
We mark "Enabled", click "Apply" and "OK".
There are two more ways, and they are described in the article:
Windows is improving, and with it, the automated installation tools built into the system are changing. Installed Windows, connected to the Internet, and the operating system will install everything required drivers on one's own!
It would seem that what could be more convenient? But, unfortunately, quite often the hardware does not work correctly with the drivers built into Windows. And you need to install drivers from the hardware manufacturer. But Add Hardware Wizard v modern Microsoft Windows 7 is so self-contained that if the hardware drivers are already on the system, it simply blocks all third-party drivers from being installed.
How to disable automatic driver installation in Windows 7?
To prevent Windows 7 from installing its drivers automatically, you need to configure the settings for installing new hardware.
Open System properties:
Start --> Control Panel --> System.
The options window will open Systems... On the left side of the page that opens, click on the link Additional system parameters:
In the new System Properties dialog box, go to the tab Equipment and click on the button Device installation options
You will see a window for changing the installation parameters of drivers for the connected equipment
Check the box on the line No, provide a choice.
In the submenu that opens, check the box Never install drivers from Windows Update and press the button Save.
After that, in the window System properties press the button OK.
It is also useful to disable Windows Update while installing the driver you need. For the changes to take effect, restart your computer. Sometimes these actions have to be carried out in Safe Windows mode under the rights of the Administrator.
Often you will need to use old version drivers, but after installing system updates, you again and again get the version of the driver you do not need, which, since you are reading this, is probably causing problems. Windows 10 has a special setting that you can use to change this behavior. Often driver OEM is better, in contrast to the drivers installed Windows Update that could be causing the problem. To continue, you must be logged in with account administrator.
Windows 10 automatically installs drivers for your gadgets, video cards and other hardware. If it is necessary that the operating system does not automatically install device drivers, disable this function. Below are five working methods. In addition to Parameters Windows, let's take a look at how to use: Group Policy for Windows 10 Pro and Registry Editor for the Home version. ( The registry method works in any Windows versions ).
In Windows 10, you can turn off automatic driver updates. This useful function, but a large number of users who are not happy with the new versions of drivers installed with Windows Update 10.
Note: We must warn you that if you prevent Windows 10 from installing drivers, you need to check and install new drivers manually, for all your hardware devices. You may want to prevent automatic driver updates for your graphics card, but this will also affect other drivers, such as your sound driver.
Method 1: Disable driver updates in Windows 10 using Device Installation Options.
- Open File Explorer, paste in address bar and press Enter.
Control Panel \ Hardware and Sound \ Devices and Printers
This will open the Devices and Printers section of Control Panel.
- Expand the section "Devices"... Here you will see a list of all devices ( see picture above) connected to your system and your own system appears as a device. It will have the same name as your computer and will be represented by the PC icon.
- Click on it right click mouse and select in context menu "Device Installation Options".
A dialog box will open asking if you want automatically download manufacturer apps and custom icons available for your devices... It doesn't say anything about drivers, but this setting is what you need to disable automatic driver loading.
- Select an option "Not" and press the button "Save changes"... You will need administrator rights to save your changes.
- Reboot your computer.
Method 2. Disable automatic installation of the device driver using the registry.
- Open up.
- Navigate to the next registry key.
- On the right, edit or create a new 32 bit DWORD parameter named.
Note: Even if you are using 64-bit Windows, you must still create a 32-bit DWORD value.
- Set a value for PreventDeviceMetadataFromNetwork equal 1 , this will disable the function automatic update drivers. Value equal 0 Allows the system to load drivers automatically (this is the default).
- Restart your computer.
Method 3. Disable automatic downloading of drivers in Windows 10 using the Group Policy Editor.
- Open Local Group Policy Editor ().
- In the Group Policy Editor, navigate to the following path:
Computer Configurations / Administrative Templates → Windows components→ Windows Update
- Find and open the parameter - Don't include drivers in Windows updates
- The Policy setting is not set by default, it is required Turn on Windows 10 will no longer automatically install drivers using Update Center.
- Reboot your system.
After restarting, the Drivers will be excluded from the update search list.
If you want to enable driver updates again, you can easily do so by resetting the settings to their defaults.
Method 4 - Disable Automatic Driver Updates Using Group Policies.
- Open the Local Group Policy Editor by clicking keyboard shortcut Win + R , we type in the field gpedit.msc we press OK.
- In the Group Policy Editor navigate to:Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates→ System → Installing devices→Device installation restrictions→Prevent the installation of devices not described in other policy settings.
- If this parameter Switched off, means Windows system will automatically install the driver for any device.
- Now restart Windows 10, the whole system will not be able to update the drivers by itself.
To set the default parameter, you must set the parameter to Not set or Disabled.
Method 5 - Cancel the automatic installation of drivers using the registry.
For Users Windows 10 Home, in this system there is no Group Policy and you have to make these settings in registry.
This also works on Windows 10 Pro.
- Open Registry Editor by typing regedit in the window Execute. ()
Go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Policies \ Microsoft \ Windows \ WindowsUpdateNote: If the section WindowsUpdate no, just create it.
- In the new section, Create a new DWORD (32-bit) value named and 1.
For those users who use Windows 10 x64 bit version Home or Pro you need to edit one more registry branch:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Wow6432Node \ Policies \ Microsoft \ Windows \ WindowsUpdateIf section WindowsUpdate also no, create it.
Create a new DWORD (32-bit) parameter named ExcludeWUDriversInQualityUpdate and set its value to 1.
- Reboot your computer.
If you want the system to install drivers automatically from using Windows Update, set the ExcludeWUDriversInQualityUpdate value to 0 .
Perhaps not everyone knows that Windows 10 is the default after clean installation downloads drivers for your hardware in automatic mode... On the one hand, this is very good for those who are not very versed in computers and do not know how to properly install the drivers themselves, but for more experienced users this function will be completely unnecessary. Since the download takes place in background and the user does not see which driver is being loaded. Well, or you already have the necessary drivers that you prepared in advance, then you also will not need Windows 10 to download something itself.
Therefore, in this article I will tell you how to disable the automatic installation of drivers in Windows 10. We will analyze the most convenient ways, and you will choose the best one for yourself. As always, I will show all methods by example. latest build Windows 10. Well, as always, I recommend updating to the latest stable Windows assemblies 10.
Method 1. How to disable automatic installation of Windows 10 drivers
This means that Windows 10 will not automatically download manufacturer apps and custom icons available for your devices. This method is simple and fast. But I also recommend using another one with it from the following methods.
Method 2. How to cancel the automatic installation of drivers using the Group Policy Editor
Method 3. How to disable automatic installation of drivers using Registry Editor
If there is no such section or parameter, then just create it. Well, of course, to get everything back, just change the value back to 1, which should be the default.
Method 4. How to disable driver installation in Windows 10 using a utility from Microsoft
Since many Windows users 10 have thought about this since the time of the transition to a new one operating system then Microsoft released the Show or Hide Updates utility. This is essentially the troubleshooter we are used to seeing in Windows. It looks for all the drivers with which you may have problems and allows you to disable the driver update, you can also disable it one at a time.
You can download it on the Microsoft website at the link.
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