Part of those supposed mandatory downloads and installs have been driver updates for the third party hardware on computer systems. While it is great that OEMs and third party hardware manufacturers are conveniently providing more of their drivers through Windows Update in Windows 10, there are several times these drivers may not be the best option for some users. However, since updates were mandatory it caused a lot of disruption/issues when the universal drivers got installed and replaced better performing drivers the user had installed on their system. Not sure which device driver or update Windows just installed that might be causing you problems? Open the Settings app from the start menu and select “Update & security.” Under Windows Update, scroll down and select “Advanced options,” and then select “View your update history.” You’ll see a list of updates installed and the dates they were installed here. It turns out you can actually disable the download of these universal drivers in Windows 10 and avoid this issue all together plus it is very easy to do so. Here are the solutions to the problem.
Method 1: Use the windows ‘Hide Updates’ tool
Following several complaints, Microsoft has released a tool to hide unwanted updates, which makes the process much simpler than before:
Method 2: Use windows PowerShell to hide updates
This works in a similar way as the windows ‘hide update’ troubleshooter. Microsoft incorporated the feature of the app into PowerShell cmdlets.
Method 3: Roll back drivers and Disable automatic update in the advanced system settings
If you want to disable Windows from updating any of the device drivers, disable the drivers update feature from the system settings. In rare cases, a specific driver might temporarily cause issues that affect your device. In this situation, you can prevent the problematic driver from reinstalling automatically the next time Windows Updates are installed. After rolling back drivers, you will need to block windows update from accessing it otherwise Windows Update will continue downloading and installing that specific driver over and over, overwriting your preferred driver. Right-click the start button and select ‘System”
Method 4: Disable automatic updates from the group policy:
This feature is not available on basic and home versions of Windows but you can follow this guide to configure and install GPEdit on Home Versions of Windows 10. https://appuals.com/install-gpedit-msc-on-windows-10-home-edition/
Method 5: Turn off automatic device driver update via Registry
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DriverSearching
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