Windows 10: Turn On or Off Device Driver Automatic Installation in Windows 10

I'm thinking "Manufacturers' apps" is just another way of saying software or drivers though.

 

Can you give me one example of a driver that will install with Device Installation Settings=Yes, but not Device Installation Settings=No?

 

I'm not 100% sure on this either anymore, and is why I recommend the other tutorial below for the newer policy to disable allowing drivers to be available in Windows Update instead.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/4...dows-10-a.html

 

I had to roll back my graphics driver to get cod modern warfare remastered to work properly , its stuttery mess with new drivers. The last set of working drivers is from march. Everytime time i booted up my pc windows would install a newer driver it was literally driving me insane this script saved whats left of my hair , thanks

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I'm glad it could help Archie. *Smile

 

I'm running Win10 1709, and when I select "No (your device might not work as expected)", the only thing that gets changed is PreventDeviceMetadataFromNetwork, which gets changed from 0 to 1, and is under:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Device Metadata

As another user mentioned, SearchOrderConfig doesn't get changed. So, these steps are incorrect and/or outdated.

Also, "Never_install_driver_software_from_Windows_Update.reg" sets SearchOrderConfig to 0, but my SearchOrderConfig was already set to 0, and WU updates drivers whenever it feels like it.

 

Thank you for the heads up @meh. The tutorial has now been updated. *Smile

 

Would someone please clarify what the difference is between the effect of this tutorial's actions and the effect of the actions described in the tutorial "How to Enable or Disable Including Driver Updates in Windows Update in Windows 10"?

Thanks.

 

Hello devnull, *Smile

They're both pretty much for driver updates being available in Windows Update, but just different settings.

This tutorial also includes the detailed information and icon seen in Devices and Printers.

 

Hi, Shawn. Thanks for your answer. That's what I was thinking, but because there are the two separate tutorials both dealing (mainly) with driver updates I thought perhaps I was missing something.

 

Yeah, it would be nice to just have one universal setting.