Maybe this has been asked before but is Windows Firewall Control/TinyWall a solution to unwanted driver installs/updates? They are blocking the OS from connecting to Microsoft's servers to check for drivers unless white listed?
Install Windows Updates Mini Tool in Sig, set to notification mode, will play sound when you have new updates/ then you select which updates you want to install/hide,Will only install what you tell it to, Include drivers unchecked, Neat Tool. Make sure you uncleck Include drivers, nothing and I mean nothing gets installed through WU. unless you click install/hide.
The WUMT tool does not seem to be working for me. It keeps saying W10 version 1607 is downloaded and applied, but after restart, it loops, finds version 1607, says it needs to be installed, ad infinitum. any ideas?
Does anyone have a registry solution to prevent driver updates through WU? I have tried so many different things and up to now everything has been ignored. I did a fresh install of LTSB and after searching for updates I am offered multiple driver updates (10) that I don*t want. I thought the new Windows Update group policy key entry "ExcludeWUDriversInQualityUpdate"=dword:00000001 would take care of it, but no such luck.
Try this: Code: reg add "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Device Metadata" /v "PreventDeviceMetadataFromNetwork" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f reg add "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DriverSearching" /v "DontSearchWindowsUpdate" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f reg add "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DriverSearching" /v "SearchOrderConfig" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f reg add "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate" /v "ExcludeWUDriversInQualityUpdate" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f schtasks /Change /TN "Microsoft\Windows\Device Setup\Metadata Refresh" /Disable
Isn't the 1st and 2nd entries a policy setting? Should it not be: Code: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\........