How to enable or disable including driver updates in windows update in windows 10 by default, windows 10 will automatically download and install drivers in windows update when they are available. starting with windows 10 build 14328 , there's a new policy included that you can use to enable or disable to include drivers with windows updates.. In this article, we will share three different ways to disable automatic driver updates in windows 10. while the focus and screenshots are from windows 10, the same configurations can be used for windows 7, windows 8 and windows 8.1.. By default, windows 10 automatically searches for drivers on windows update, and downloads and installs them for devices connected to the computer. starting with windows 7, it also automatically downloads information (metadata) about these connected devices to display them with realistic icons..
[windows 10 tip] disable automatic driver updates installation via windows update. we know that windows 10 automatically downloads and installs all available updates via windows update without notifying or asking the user. we have posted detailed tutorials long time back to fix this issue and disable automatic updates installation problem in windows 10 which can be read at following links:. In windows 7, microsoft has enabled installation of driver from windows update by default. that means when you plug mouse, printer, keyboard or even usb thumg drive you need to wait for windows to finish searching for driver on internet or you are provided with option to skip searching windows update.. Then windows updates need to be disabled until the problem can be solved. but when the options for disabling driver updates get smaller and smaller, it's almost like they don't want you to solve.
