Make Windows 10 stop installing driver software automatically
After 2 hours of angry web searching, I posted this question. And of course the next search I did yielded the answer I was looking for;
Note: Make sure your windows upgrade has been activated before you perform a clean installation!
Performing a clean installation with the Windows 10 ISO with the network cable disconnected seems to be the way to go. After first boot one have to disable this feature by;
- Open File explorer (Win+E)
- Right click "This PC" and select properties
- Click "Advanced system settings" and select "Hardware" tab
- Click "Device Installation Settings"
- Select "No, let me choose what to do" and check "Never install driver software from Windows Update"
- Reconnect your network cable
Windows will be activated sometime after you connect the network cable again.
Hope this helps others too, and save hours of anger in search for a solution.
The best solution for Windows 10 updates is using a 3rd party software to install and hide updates.
It installs nothing, it is portable, it allows you to hide any update including drivers. This Software makes no changes to the normal windows update or your system (except for the updates you allow it to install) but does use the Windows update service, once you have hidden your updates and installed others you want, be sure to go into Windows Services and stop the Windows update service and then set it to disabled, or it will install the updates you hid using the other software.
So keep the windows update service disabled, the minitool will start it automatically when you run it, then disable it again when done using the minitool.
Originally found it here
Can be downloaded here
Double arrow = check for updates
Down Arrow = download Only
Down Arrow with underscore = Install selected updates.
+H = Hide Selected Updates.
Trash Can = Uninstall updates from the Installed Updates menu.
