Windows 10: Outdated drivers not caught by Update.

I was poking around in Device Manager when I started finding drivers for critical stuff that would update if you did it manually. The problem is that Windows Update didn't do it automatically. I found 5 of them!


So if you have issues with some hardware I suggest you do a manual driver update check.

:)

 

outdated display drivers through windows update

Every time i update windows 10 to a new version windows insists on reinstalling an old amd display driver from 2015 and i have to remove it and install the current one again. Is there any way i can block that driver installation?

 

Outdated Montior Driver

Yes, I am helping someone who has the same issue with the Acer Monitor G225HQ, and it seems we have resolved the matter.

In Device Manager, the Display Adaptor now shows as 3DP (ATI) Raedon 2100.

And under Monitor in Device Manager, it shows Genreric PnP Monitor.

This set up makes the Acer G225HQ screen function, even though the driver under Display Driver shows as a Raedon driver.

To obtain that driver, we used one of the free versions of a driver scanner and used the only suggestion that one of those scanners came up with.....and that ended up fixing the monitor problem.

Maybe a search for the Raedon driver online might work out OK.

We used 3 free driver scanning tools....DriverMax, Iobit Driver Booster & Slim Drivers - one of those (forget which one) showed an updated driver available...which did not indicate anything to do with Acer...but we let it install that driver and now we have
success.

Let's hope it stays that way.

And maybe this report might help the enquirer.

 

Where did you find Device Manager? I cannot seem to figure out where they hid it.

 

Right click the Start orb. Its the same as Windows 8.1.

Jim *Cool

 

Ahhh...
I don't have much experience with 8.X... I tried the Beta, but didn't like it much.
Thanks for the pointer!

 

Windows update will only do it if Microsoft has the newer driver. If the OEM does not submit the driver to Microsoft you don't get it via Windows update. The ones on Windows update are usually generic ones anyway so I prefer to go to the manufacturer for the latest driver anyway.

 

Um, no that's not what I meant. My Win 10 knows there are newer updates available, it just won't update them by itself. When I did it manually it was happy after a reboot and is still stable a week later. The drivers I updated were not the kind that have a generic available. They were MS Windows internals.

 

Did you install WMC by any chance? You don't get updates if you do I believe...

 

If automatic installation of updates is enabled it is also worth a check if Recommended updates are set to be auto downloaded and installed, too:



Drivers are mostly categorized as optional recommended updates and will not be automatically installed if this selection is not enabled.

However as there are still just a few (practically none) drivers made for Windows 10 the Windows Update might not and most probably won't catch and recommend them to users. As far as I know the manual check from Device Manager treats Windows 10 TP as Windows 8.1 and searches 8.1 drivers, this might cause a situation where Windows Update does not show an update but Device Manager driver update finds one.

 

I didn't install my key as MS do said that you wouldn't - was just a thought *Smile

Media Center on Windows 10 Technical Preview - Microsoft Community

 

Ops, *Redface Sorry you are correct, adding Media Center to Windows 10 will stop you form getting updates. I lost track of what forum I was in and was thinking Windows 8.1 not 10. I go back and forth between 10 forums and 8 forums. Especially first thing in the morning when I check my e-mail. I'll have to change the theme in one of them to make it easier to spot where I am.

EDIT: I deleted my other post with the misinformation in it.