Windows 10: Windows 11 reverting to older driver after new driver update

PC Specs: Gigabyte B860 EAGLE WIFI6, Intel Core Ultra 5 235, Kingston Fury 32gb ram 6400, Gigabyte Control Center app shows I need to update my intel npu driver from 32.0.100.3053 to 32.0.100.3717. I am able to update to the newer version but a few days later GCC is showing i need to update the NPU again. I don’t know why it keeps reverting back to the old driver. I’m just trying to figure out is it something that needs to stay updated? Any feedback is appreciated. Thanks

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reverting to an older graphics driver

Windows 11 may be trying to revert your graphics driver back to an older version because it has detected a compatibility issue with the new driver. This could be due to a number of reasons such as a bug in the driver or an incompatibility with another piece of software on your computer.

However, if you have noticed a significant improvement in performance after installing the new graphics driver, then it may be worth trying to keep it installed. You can try disabling automatic driver updates in Windows 11 and manually installing the new driver again.

To disable automatic driver updates in Windows 11, follow these steps:

1. Click on the Start button and then click on the Settings icon.
   
2. Click on the Update & Security option.
   
3. Click on the Windows Update option.
   
4. Click on the Advanced options link.
   
5. Under the "Optional updates" section, click on the "Driver updates" option.
   
6. Turn off the toggle switch for "Automatically install drivers".
   

Once you have disabled automatic driver updates, you can download and install the new graphics driver again from the manufacturer's website. If Windows 11 still tries to revert the driver back to the older version, you can try using a third-party driver update tool to help you keep the newer driver installed.

Note: Before making any changes to your system settings, it's always a good idea to create a backup of your important files and data.

 

Windows 11 is reverting video drivers to older version

Hi all.

I have been having this issue some 3 weeks now. Windows 11 keeps reverting my video drivers to an older version.

I have an Acer Aspire 5 notebook equipped with an Intel UHD graphics card. My monitor is a Samsung 32-inch 4K monitor that has 2 HDMI input ports, being HDMI1 @ 30hz and HDMI2 @ 60hz. I have been using it on HDMI2 at its native resolution of 3840x2160 @ 60hz for over a year now.

The generic driver that came with Windows 11 was capable of this resolution and refresh rate and worked fine until a few weeks ago, when it got "updated" and stopped working with my monitor. In fact it worked, but only on HDMI1 @ 30hz, and it was not possible to connect to HDMI2 at all - Windows would recognize the monitor on HDMI2 just to immediately disconnect it, and then it would loop this behaviour - connect, disconnect - indefinitely until I physically disconnected the HDMI cable. On HDMI 1 @ 30hz images were choppy and audio was cutting when output through the monitor, a behaviour that did not happen before this driver was changed. (After a while I was able to make it work on HDMI2, by changing the input on the monitor menu to HDMI1, configuring a different resolution on windows while still connected to HDMI2, and then changing back on the monitor menu to HDMI2 - but only at lower resolutions or even at 4k but @ 30hz, which is unacceptable since it all worked perfectly just a few days before.)

I do not know the version of the older generic microsoft driver that was working until this problem started. The new version of the generic driver that is NOT working is 30.0.101.1298, dated 10th January 2022.

I have installed a newer, updated driver downloaded from the Intel website, with a version number 31.0.101.2111, dated July 19, 2022. This works perfectly at every resolution and refresh rate supported by my monitor, and the sound is also flawless.

Since then, windows has been reverting to this older 30.0.101.1298 driver at random. Sometimes I turn off the computer at night and the next morning the drivers have been reverted. Once I left the computer on and went for lunch, when I came back the drivers had been reverted and my monitor wouldn't work.

The last time this happened was a couple of days ago, when I was able to tell windows to "revert" to the previous drivers (meaning, revert the newly-installed bad drivers v30.0.101.1298 to the newer Intel UHD 31.0.101.2111 that was installed before!!!). But just TODAY I updated my Windows 11 with the 22H2 update, and once again the drivers have been reverted to the old ones, with no way to revert back to the previous Intel drivers that were working until this very morning. I had to reinstall the Intel drivers again, for the 6th time.

It seems windows identifies the new Intel UHD drivers as "older" than the version 30.0.101.1298, or maybe as "unsigned" - but I'm looking at it right now, it says it is signed digitally by "Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher". What the hell, Microsoft?

Now, to whoever might answer this question, please don't tell me to use different cables, to try to connect to another monitor, to try a clean driver install or to try to restore windows. Also don't tell me to download a third-party tool do hide the update, I HAVE DONE ALL OF THESE THINGS and it still keeps happening.

What I need is an answer from Microsoft as to why this keeps happening, and for it to STOP happening. Are you even looking into this problem? I have newer drivers, stop uninstalling them!

Thanks!

 

Valve, AMD Team Up to Provide Gamers with Easy ATI Catalyst Driver Updates on Steam

I see this as a nice step.

I do see an issue though. Lets say the new drivers suck or just suck on your specific setup. You revert to the older driver manually right? Then what you boot up steam only to be screwed into updating?