Windows 11 keeps reinstalling much older driver

JamesUK

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Hi, my laptop has intel UHD graphics in, today the intel support assistant told me there’s a newer driver so installed it, it was version 30.0.101.1994 dated 13.05.2022

i restarted my laptop and windows 11 straight away starting to download and install version 27.20.100.9664 dated 01.06.2021
the older version is actually the last version released my by manufacturer Dell. Intel’s site does say if you have a newer intel processor then installing newer intel drivers WILL keep all manufacturer settings intact so is safe to install.
I can't seem to get the newer driver to stay installed though, i can't find a way of telling window’s update to not install the old version and every time i install the new intel driver, windows automatically updates it to the old one.

Oddly enough after windows reinstalls the old driver, intel support assistant shows as up to date and when I go in to it shows the new driver installed but in device manager it shows the old one? Really strange..

Any idea's or should i just leave it with the old one, yeh it does work with the old one of course, but there have been loads of intel released in that time and i think i felt i must be gaining something by having the newer intel driver?
Regards

James
 
If you roll back the driver in device manager it should then stay at the newer version.
 
Dell are known to force the own drivers on people..
it could be the the newer drivers are not win11 ready..
ever way are you having problems with ever driver or is it just you ocd needing the newer one
 
This has to be one of the most stupid things Windows currently does. It's not the manufacturer (specifically) forcing you onto an older driver. It's more that Windows Update decides to go for whatever older OEM driver your manufacturer has certified over a newer GPU manufacturer generic driver. Which is just plain dumb and should go off the version number :rolleyes: If you want to update them yourself fine just leave it alone! Especially when your manufacturer stops caring about your laptop so the graphics driver gets progressively more ancient.

Only easy way around it I've found:

1. Download WuMgr from here https://github.com/DavidXanatos/wumgr

2. Make sure Windows Update is all updated including any Optional Updates in Advanced Options

3. Install the latest driver and restart

4. Open WuMgr (before Windows decides to check for new updates itself) and refresh it ("Search" arrow icon on the far left)

5. Click on the "Windows Update" list on the left, select the display driver and then hide it (eye icon)

6. Click the "Search" arrow icon again to get Windows Update caught up with the fact it's hidden (otherwise if Windows Update has already found the other driver but not installed it yet it'll still go ahead with installing it at some point. This definitely stops it seeing it.)

After that if you Check for Updates in Windows Updates nothing should happen and you'll be set to stay on the latest and greatest. Unless, of course, your OEM pushes out a newer driver to Windows Update. In which case just repeat the above and it'll stick until the next OEM driver and so on. As you're on a mid-2021 driver currently I doubt this will happen (or even at all!)...

Nothing else should mess with it except any 3rd party security software that might take a hidden Windows Update as a bad thing. Such as running a vulnerability scan in Bitdefender (which you can disable it checking Windows Update as part of it and then it's happy). But Windows Defender doesn't alter anything if that's all you're using.
 
It will be dell. I had a problem with gpu drivers on a laptop where fell was almost 3 months behind amd. And when I installed the amd drivers it would just refuse to install and revert back to the dell drivers
 
phil-k said:
When I have had Dell laptops I always uninstall anything that starts with DELL, never had any problems
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you cant do that for the GPU drivers in gaming/high end laptops, dell force DELL APPROVED drivers and can be a day behind or even months.
if you try to install say AMD drivers instead of the DELL ones you get an error message.

OR.... THATS HOW IT USED TO BE.
my Alienware 17 was the last dell thing i ever used because of this very problem
 
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