Still no way to prevent WU from updating drivers automatically?

Windows update Mini Tool in my sig or Quick Links in my Sig on how to install

When you check for updates, just hide drivers you do not want, they stay hidden until you bring them out of retirement

 

Leave WU alone, use WUMT, hide drivers you do not want, click on Shewolfs OP in my sig for better explanation.

You put WUMT in notification mode, it notifies you with sound when you have updates to download, hide drivers you do not want installed.

 

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GpEdit
Computer -->Windows Components\Windows Update
Do not include drivers with Windows Updates

 

Yes, new since 1607. - But haven't tested.

 

You can get it from Device Manager and the Driver Information of the concerned device.

In the meantime (after the last upgrade) even the rollback function seems to prevent the NEW update of a rolled back driver.

Anyway, both ways work perfectly for me in the case of an unwanted keyboard driver for my old notebook. I prefer always the easiest way and not all these very complicated utilities using developer kits etc etc.

And I don't like to block the updates and driver updates generally. Just the desired ones.

 

Does not work, even on Enterprise.

 

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Can you disable it with Enterprise LTSB in "System Properties" under "Hardware" section? Or do you have to do it in GPE?

 

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That policy only exist in Win 10 Pro v1607, not in v1511.

However, and what a f***ing gibberish!, this policy does stop all drivers from updating:
(In both versions)

Computer configuration=>Administrative Templates=>System=>Device installation=>Device Installation Restrictions=>Prevent installation of devices not described by other policy settings

Which says:

Simple uhhh

So, if you don't configure anything else under this branch, except enabling this policy, all driver
updates are disabled.

In v1607 they added the Option under the "Windows updates" policies as:
"Do not include drivers with Windows Updates", as probably nobody could figure out what I just did above.

Soon you gonna need a laywer to edit these settings

 

hello
this works
delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UpdateHandlers\Driver
please give feedback


powershell code to do that ( requires admin elevated powershell )

Code:

$ErrorActionPreference = "Inquire"

#name of hklm subkey
$name = "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UpdateHandlers\Driver"

#get SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege
$definition = @"
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
public class NtDll {
    [DllImport("ntdll.dll")]
    public static extern int RtlAdjustPrivilege(ulong Privilege, bool Enable, bool CurrentThread, ref bool Enabled);
}
"@
Add-Type $definition
[NtDll]::RtlAdjustPrivilege(9, 1, 0, [ref]0)


#open key
$key = [Microsoft.Win32.Registry]::LocalMachine.OpenSubKey($name, "ReadWriteSubTree", "TakeOwnership")


#change ownership
$owner = [System.Security.AccessControl.RegistrySecurity]::new()
$owner.SetOwner([System.Security.Principal.NTAccount]"Administrators")
$key.SetAccessControl($owner)


#change access rules
$rule = [System.Security.AccessControl.RegistrySecurity]::new()
$rule.SetAccessRule([System.Security.AccessControl.RegistryAccessRule]::new("Administrators", "Full", 0, 0, 0))
$key.SetAccessControl($rule)


#delete key
[Microsoft.Win32.Registry]::LocalMachine.DeleteSubKey($name)

 

Doesn't winaero tweaker already have an option to stop driver updates thru WU for 1607 Pro and up?

 

Indeed I guess the Driverhandler would work. In some testing I broke the whole Windows Update and the Handlers were one component of that.
But normaly the Handler should be controlled by GP but if you all say that it won't work... :/

 

It works in that way I said ..... Reading helps a lot of!