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.. [windows 10 tip] disable automatic driver updates installation via windows update. we know that windows 10 automatically downloads and installs all available updates via windows update without notifying or asking the user. we have posted detailed tutorials long time back to fix this issue and disable automatic updates installation problem in windows 10 which can be read at following links:. How to disable automatic driver downloads on windows 10. windows 10 still has the option to avoid installing drivers as part of windows updates. for most of us, the drivers are a welcome.
How to disable automatic driver updates in vista/windows 7. december 17th, 2010. although in general you want to keep your computer up to date, including device drivers.but if you have a driver related problem, installing an older version can sometimes solve the issue.. Windows 10 disable driver updates hi, i'm using build 10051 and windows update tries to update drivers with windows update. but there is an issue related to realtek driver and as soon as it installs this update, i get a blue screen of death :(. Home users: stop driver updates by editing the registry. on windows 10 home, you can only change this option via the registry. you can also do it this way if you have windows pro or enterprise, but just feel more comfortable working in the registry as opposed to group policy editor..