Windows 10: How can I prevent automatic updating a specific driver in Windows 10 Home?

Hello to everybody,


I have Realtek 8822CE wireless adapter installed in my Lenovo IdeaPad Laptop running Windows 10 Home, build 10.0.19042. I'm not able to connect to my home WiFi network with two latest versions of Realtek drivers 2024.0.8.129 of 04.11.2020 is the latest one. However, once these two versions are consequently uninstalled and I roll back to generic Microsoft 2024.08.108, 05.06.2019 driver, everything is just fine. Therefore, I'd like to prevent updating drivers for this specific device and just left MS driver for good.


How can I prevent automatic updating a specific driver in Windows 10 Home, leaving other updates as usual if policy editor is not available in Win 10 Home edition?


Thank you for attention,

Kind regards,

Igor

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This is a good solution on Pro, where you have Group Policy Editor, but not sure if it will work on Home like Cucker has.

@cucker tarlson go to Mussels signature. In there he has a link to the WUMT (Windows Update Management Tool). I use it to download updates on my own, and hide ones i dont want. Yes, you can even hide driver updates, only doing them on your schedule.

 

is there a way to prevent automatic updates on windows 10 for a specific driver

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

Yes, there is a way to temporarily stop a specific driver update from installing automatically. Please click on the link below and try the mentioned steps:

How to temporarily prevent a Windows or driver update from reinstalling in Windows 10:

How to temporarily prevent a driver update from reinstalling in Windows 10

Hope this helps. Please respond if you have further related queries.

Regards,