How to stop Win 10 replacing drivers?

Puzzled · 11 Oct 2016 at 21:12

Hi

Having an issue with my laptop since the anniversary update where Windows keeps overwriting the intel chipset driver causing the CPU to throttle right back instead of responding to system demands as usual.

I can fix it by using the driver found by the HP support assistant but after a few days Windows 10 replaces it with the dodgy driver.

Is there way to force a driver to stick?

And any way to make drivers an optional / opt in update rather than just letting Windows mess things up?

Thanks

Overlag · 12 Oct 2016 at 22:58

Im having the same sort of issue with my Wifi drivers, Windows 10 Aniversary update has basically rendered my PC useless (cant get on the net)... So id like to know how to stop auto updates too.

Rroff · 12 Oct 2016 at 23:07

There is an option in advanced system properties but doesn't seem to work reliably and mostly just seems to control extra fluff like icons and support programs rather than the core driver.

Tute · 12 Oct 2016 at 23:47

As far as I know you can't reliably stop Windows 10 messing around with drivers.

opethdisciple · 12 Oct 2016 at 23:56

I'm not sure this works but this is the only settings you can change:

Control Panel\System and Security\System

Advanced System Settings

Hardware Tab

Device Installation Settings

Choose the 'No' option.

demonix · 13 Oct 2016 at 16:22

Tute said:
As far as I know you can't reliably stop Windows 10 messing around with drivers.

I've never had any issues with windows 10 messing around with drivers since it doesn't, but that might be because it's abiding by my old windows 8.1 windows update settings of only downloading updates for OS components only (I had to force it to download graphics drivers since it wiped the 8.1 drivers out and defaulted to the generic windows display adapter driver after I upgraded).

Rroff · 13 Oct 2016 at 16:26

demonix said:
I've never had any issues with windows 10 messing around with drivers since it doesn't, but that might be because it's abiding by my old windows 8.1 windows update settings of only downloading updates for OS components only (I had to force it to download graphics drivers since it wiped the 8.1 drivers out and defaulted to the generic windows display adapter driver after I upgraded).

Since the change to it the setting in advanced system properties seems to be very hit and miss in its behaviour - some people who've upgraded from older OSes or older builds of 10 seem to have the old behaviour if its set to disable auto updating of drivers, for others it does nothing at all and for others it just controls icons and additional fluff - for me it works unreliably for a short while it stops drivers from auto updating but at some random interval they will.

Its long past time MS put proper manual control over drivers and updates back in the OS.