Disable install a device driver

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  1. dabour

    dabour MDL Member

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    #1 dabour, Nov 6, 2021
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    I have a Dell Inspiron 7520 with a broken AMD GPU, I can only use it if I disable the device in Device Manager and stops Windows from installing a new one.
    I want to use a .reg file to prevent the installation of the device "attached".
    Can one of the experts here confirm that this is the right way to write this file? If not, can I get help writing one?

    Windows Home 21H2 Build 22000.282
    The device ID: PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_682F

    This is the File:
     

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  2. dabour

    dabour MDL Member

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    @abbodi1406 Thanks, you always there to help, appreciate that.

    The reason to try the .reg file is that I have Windows Home. Group Policy is not available, I should have mentioned it in my post, please excuse me.
     
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    abbodi1406 MDL KB0000001

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    Code:
    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
    
    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceInstall\Restrictions]
    "DenyDeviceIDs"=dword:00000001
    
    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceInstall\Restrictions\DenyDeviceIDs]
    "1"="PCI\\VEN_1002&DEV_682F"
     
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