Turn off Windows 7 Automatic Driver Installation

Capt.Jack Sparrow

Capt.Jack Sparrow

Crash Dump Analyst
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

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2803-device-installation-settings.html

1, Start Menu search box : type change device installation settings
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Once you click on that to start it up you will get the following dialog that gives you two choices:
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2, The top option: Yes, do this automatically is the recommended setting.
When the second option is selected the options expand:
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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
 

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Very well done, Sir.
 

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Well done. That would make a nice tutorial.
 

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I agree with Wolfgang; you do need to make it a tutorial.
 

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+1

This should be in Tutorial section.
 

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NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 650M 2GB Graphics, Optimus™ techno
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SoundAlive™ JBL 3 Speakers (With sub-Woofer)
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39.62cm (15.6) SuperBright 300nit HD+ LED Display
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Thanks. Good deal.
 

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NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 650M 2GB Graphics, Optimus™ techno
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SoundAlive™ JBL 3 Speakers (With sub-Woofer)
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39.62cm (15.6) SuperBright 300nit HD+ LED Display
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1,600 x 900, Anti-Reflective
Hard Drives
1TB S-ATA II Hard Drive (5,400RPM)
Good tute. Cpt.:cool:

How come mine was already set to that.? I never did it myself!!:huh:

Strange, ?:confused:
 

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OLD!!! does the job i need.
Cheers mate.
I would just like to add the reason I was made aware of this forum and subsequently joined was normally any Windows 7 related query I made in Google usually resulted in bringing me here.
So thanks for the great job you guys are doing!!
 

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nice work again capt :thumbsup:
 

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Nice one Capt :)
 

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This does not work, period. All this does is disable window's ability to download an update for the driver. Windows will continue to install the drivers it already has in its database automatically.

How do I know? I tried it when Windows screwed up my mother's Nvidia driver install.

How do I stop it from installing a driver PERIOD when new hardware (or more realistically, hardware already plugged in that it screwed up) so that I may install a correct driver?
 

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tannim said:
This does not work, period. All this does is disable window's ability to download an update for the driver. Windows will continue to install the drivers it already has in its database automatically.

How do I know? I tried it when Windows screwed up my mother's Nvidia driver install.

How do I stop it from installing a driver PERIOD when new hardware (or more realistically, hardware already plugged in that it screwed up) so that I may install a correct driver?
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Hello Mate,

Yes this will not stop Windows from install drivers. But it stops Windows downloading it from Internet through Windows update. If you want Windows to stop installing it then you have to remove the drivers and use the delete function as well.

Hope this helps,
Captain
 

My Computer

Computer 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(s)
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)
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