Windows 10: permanently disable driver installations from Windows update

Hi guys! I am running Windows 10 Pro 20H2. I have installed Windows at least 20 times over and over and followed the tutorials from the forum here to stop driver updates and automatic updates. The purpose why I am doing this is to prevent Windows update from installing ancient drivers such as the "Intel System" drivers etc.. (7 drivers in total)! But even though I followed all the steps from the tutorials in this forum, there are still drivers slipping through.

Below I listed all the things I tried. For each method (and all methods combined), the driver updates still slip through!
1. Disable driver installation in the "device installation settings".
2. Disable driver installation via group policy (gpedit)
3. Set automatic driver updates to "option 2" (gpedit). This doesn't change anything though. I don't get asked before downloading/installing drivers/updates.
4. Disable driver installation by running the regedit script from this forum
5. Delete Windows Update Medic Service permanently and disable "Windows Update Service" and "Update Orchestrator Service". Then I set them temporarily to "manual" while installing non-driver updates. I try to accomplish this by running the Windows Update Hide Tool. After hiding all driver updates, I let non-driver updates being installed by Windows update. But all those ancient Intel drivers still slip through - despite them being hidden by the hide tool. WHY????
6. I tried WAU manager. This program also failed. Drivers still get installed by Windows update.

Please help me to permanently disable those driver installations from Windows update! I am desperate!

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Windows 7 wont install drivers

i dont think anyone here understands what your asking either when its nearly a 90% english dominated Tech forum.
Step 1
reinstall windows from scratch
Step 2
install all drivers from the cd that came with the god damn motherboard *common sense*
Step 3
update windows
Step 4
install misc etc crap like flash java etc etc
Step 5
Install GPU drivers
Step 6
go back to using your pc without issue.

 

Windows 7 wont install drivers

+1

If you having an issue installing a driver that worked before you formatted or wont install on a fresh build, sometimes this means hardware damage

 

[Windows 10] hide/prohibit install of specific Windows Update

try both. disable the group policy, uninstall the windows update/driver - and then use the tool to stop it downloading again.