| Windows 7: Turn off Windows 7 Automatic Driver Installation |
01 May 2010
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| | Windows 7 Ultimate - 64-bit | Windows 8 Pro - 64-bit 4,867 posts |
Turn off Windows 7 Automatic Driver Installation Most of the crashes happens because of a bad drivers. Unfortunately most of the time these bad drivers are coming from Windows Update. Because it won't pick the best driver. So when we troubleshoot BSOD it's best to disable automatic driver installation so we can make sure we are downloading the best driver from manufacturer's website. Here is how we will disable Automatic Driver Installation Device Installation Settings 1, Start Menu search box : type change device installation settings Once you click on that to start it up you will get the following dialog that gives you two choices: 2, The top option: Yes, do this automatically is the recommended setting. When the second option is selected the options expand: 3, When it is expanded you see a default choice and this is basically the same as the automatic option above. The other two choices are the big difference here. - Install driver software from Windows Update if it is not found on my computer. This will search your computer first instead of Windows Update. If it is not found locally then it will go to Windows Update and look there for a driver.
- Never install driver software from Windows Update. The system will always ask you to provide the device driver.
- We want to enable "Never install driver software from Windows Update"
- Then click on Save Changes
4, Now your Windows won't automatically download drivers. Hope this helps, Captain | My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Samsung NP550P5C-S02IN OS Windows 7 Ultimate - 64-bit | Windows 8 Pro - 64-bit CPU Intel® Core™ i7 Processor 3,610QM (2.30Hz, 6MB L3 Cach Memory 8 GB Graphics Card NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 650M 2GB Graphics, Optimus™ techno Sound Card SoundAlive™ JBL 3 Speakers (With sub-Woofer) Monitor(s) Displays 39.62cm (15.6) SuperBright 300nit HD+ LED Display Screen Resolution 1,600 x 900, Anti-Reflective Hard Drives 1TB S-ATA II Hard Drive (5,400RPM) |
01 May 2010
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| | Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit 12,883 posts Orlando, Florida |
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home built OS Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit CPU Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz Motherboard ASUS P4P800-VM Motherboard Chipset: Intel 865G + ICH5 Memory 2.50 GB RAM Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS Sound Card SoundMax Integrated Digital Audio (Chip) Monitor(s) Displays ViewSonic VX 1962 wm Screen Resolution 1680 X 1050 Keyboard Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000 v10 USB Mouse Logitec optic USB Cooling Fan based Hard Drives Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 80 GB
ST380215A ATA Device 18.6 GB
Western Digital "My Book" external hard drive 750 GB Internet Speed 3.01 Mb/s download 0.64 Mb/s upload |
01 May 2010
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| | Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 17,868 posts Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |
Well done. That would make a nice tutorial. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7 Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207 Keyboard with trackball - no mices Mouse Trackball mice Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals Internet Speed DSL 6000 |
01 May 2010
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| | Windows 7 Ultimate - 64-bit | Windows 8 Pro - 64-bit 4,867 posts |

Quote: Originally Posted by CarlTR6 Very well done, Sir. 
Quote: Originally Posted by whs Well done. That would make a nice tutorial. Thank You !! I figured it something we have to do before troubleshooting BSOD !!
- Captain | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Samsung NP550P5C-S02IN OS Windows 7 Ultimate - 64-bit | Windows 8 Pro - 64-bit CPU Intel® Core™ i7 Processor 3,610QM (2.30Hz, 6MB L3 Cach Memory 8 GB Graphics Card NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 650M 2GB Graphics, Optimus™ techno Sound Card SoundAlive™ JBL 3 Speakers (With sub-Woofer) Monitor(s) Displays 39.62cm (15.6) SuperBright 300nit HD+ LED Display Screen Resolution 1,600 x 900, Anti-Reflective Hard Drives 1TB S-ATA II Hard Drive (5,400RPM) |
01 May 2010
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| | Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit 12,883 posts Orlando, Florida |
I agree with Wolfgang; you do need to make it a tutorial. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home built OS Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit CPU Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz Motherboard ASUS P4P800-VM Motherboard Chipset: Intel 865G + ICH5 Memory 2.50 GB RAM Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS Sound Card SoundMax Integrated Digital Audio (Chip) Monitor(s) Displays ViewSonic VX 1962 wm Screen Resolution 1680 X 1050 Keyboard Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000 v10 USB Mouse Logitec optic USB Cooling Fan based Hard Drives Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 80 GB
ST380215A ATA Device 18.6 GB
Western Digital "My Book" external hard drive 750 GB Internet Speed 3.01 Mb/s download 0.64 Mb/s upload |
01 May 2010
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| | Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit 4,269 posts Southern Ohio |
+1
This should be in Tutorial section. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom (Self Build) OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit CPU Intel Core i7 2700k Motherboard eVGA P67 SLI Memory 8GB Mushkin Redline Ridgebacks @1866 Graphics Card EVGA GTX570 SC Sound Card XiFi Titanium HD Monitor(s) Displays LG W2453V Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Saitek Cyborg PSU Seasonic x750 Case Corsair 600T SE White Cooling eVGA Superclocked CPU Cooler Hard Drives Intel 320 80GB -- Intel X25-V 40GB --WD Black 1TB x2 -- WD Blue 640GB Antivirus Kaspersky Browser IE Other Info LG BD/DVD |
01 May 2010
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| | Windows 7 Ultimate - 64-bit | Windows 8 Pro - 64-bit 4,867 posts |
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Samsung NP550P5C-S02IN OS Windows 7 Ultimate - 64-bit | Windows 8 Pro - 64-bit CPU Intel® Core™ i7 Processor 3,610QM (2.30Hz, 6MB L3 Cach Memory 8 GB Graphics Card NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 650M 2GB Graphics, Optimus™ techno Sound Card SoundAlive™ JBL 3 Speakers (With sub-Woofer) Monitor(s) Displays 39.62cm (15.6) SuperBright 300nit HD+ LED Display Screen Resolution 1,600 x 900, Anti-Reflective Hard Drives 1TB S-ATA II Hard Drive (5,400RPM) |
01 May 2010
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| | Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 17,868 posts Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7 Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207 Keyboard with trackball - no mices Mouse Trackball mice Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals Internet Speed DSL 6000 |
01 May 2010
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| | Windows 7 Ultimate - 64-bit | Windows 8 Pro - 64-bit 4,867 posts |

Quote: Originally Posted by whs Thanks. Good deal. Your Welcome | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Samsung NP550P5C-S02IN OS Windows 7 Ultimate - 64-bit | Windows 8 Pro - 64-bit CPU Intel® Core™ i7 Processor 3,610QM (2.30Hz, 6MB L3 Cach Memory 8 GB Graphics Card NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 650M 2GB Graphics, Optimus™ techno Sound Card SoundAlive™ JBL 3 Speakers (With sub-Woofer) Monitor(s) Displays 39.62cm (15.6) SuperBright 300nit HD+ LED Display Screen Resolution 1,600 x 900, Anti-Reflective Hard Drives 1TB S-ATA II Hard Drive (5,400RPM) |
01 May 2010
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Good tute. Cpt.
How come mine was already set to that.? I never did it myself!!
Strange, ? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Self OS W7, Xp Pro CPU AMD Sempron 2600+ Motherboard K8V-MX Memory 1GB Graphics Card Radeon HD3650 Sound Card Soundmax Monitor(s) Displays 17" HP CRT Screen Resolution 1024x768 Keyboard M$S Mouse Optical PSU ? 460W Case Coolermaster Cooling enough Hard Drives 1x WDC WD800BB
1x HDS728080 Internet Speed 1500kbs Other Info OLD!!! does the job i need. Turn off Windows 7 Automatic Driver Installation problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 01:37 AM. | |