Device installation options in Windows 7. Disconnect the automatic search for Windows drivers. Disable driver update from the update center using the Local Group Policy Editor

Sometimes automatic installation of drivers in Windows (in Windows 7, 8, 10) for the entire equipment that is on the computer is, of course, well. On the other hand, sometimes there are cases when you need to use old version Drivers (or just some specific), and Windows it is forcibly updated and does not allow to use the desired one. We will produce these actions on Windows 10.

In this case, we will turn off automatic installation and install the required driver.

Method number 1 - Disable auto-installation of drivers in Windows 10

First, you press the combination of the Win + R buttons - in the window that opens, you need to enter the gpedit.msc command and then press ENTER. If everything has done correctly - the Local Editor should open group Policy".

In the branch we opened in the previous step, there must be a parameter " Disable the installation of devices not described by other policy parameters". It must be opened, select the option" Enabled "and save the settings Click OK.

Actually, after that, the driver will not be independently installed.

Now, by the way, if you connect any device to a computer, and then go to the Device Manager ( Control Panel / Equipment and Sound / Device Manager) You will see that Windows does not install the drivers to new devices, marking them with yellow exclamation signs. For if this policy parameter is included, then windows system You cannot install or update the device drivers not specified in the policy settings.

Method number 2 - Disable auto-install new devices

Also to ban Windows to install new drivers in another way ...

First you need to open the control panel, for this we do, as indicated in the screenshot, then go to the section " system and safety", Next, open the link" System ".

It remains only to switch the slider to the parameter " No, the device can work incorrectly", then save the settings.

As you probably have already noticed, as soon as we connect some new device to the computer, Windows immediately starts to search for drivers on it and immediately install. Sometimes it can be useful, and sometimes no.

Here, let's say we plugged some device and want to put your driver specified version on him. Windows 10 do not give us it and begins to impose on themselves and install those that considers it necessary. This feature can be turned off in two ways.

Through the control panel

For this click right-click Mice on the "Start" button and from the drop-down menu select the item "Control Panel":

Put "Look inside: large icons" and go to section "System"

In the window that opens, go to the "Equipment" tab and click on the button "Device installation options":

We offer a window in which we put the switch to the position "No, provide the choice of choice"and you can also put the switch to the position "Never install drivers from the update center"If you do not want to install them from there.

Keep the changes made

Through group politician editor

With the right mouse button on the Start button and select "Run" from the dropping menu:

In the window that opens, write the gpedit.msc command, and then OK.

We fall into the group politician editor. We go along the way:

Computer Configuration - Administrative Templates - System - Installing the Device - Restriction on the installation of the device.

On the right side of the editor, choose the parameter "Disable the installation of devices not described by other policy parameters" And click on it twice the left mouse button:

In the window that opens, we translate the switch to the "Enabled" position. We read a certificate for this parameter and click "OK".

Search in the Windows Update Center. This may take some time…

During the request of the installation program, connect the UBB printer, the installation wizard launched windows driverswho started trying to produce automatic search suitable Driver in the Internet.

After 15 minutes of waiting, the feeling appeared that search for updates hung, given that this long search in principle was not required, because the driver was on the disk. Patience was bursting and I decided to cancel the operation in order to disable the automatic driver search function in Windows 7.

By the way, the situation often arises that windows Driver Update Center Sets incorrect drivers to equipment, and even at all, after a very long search, reports that " Failed to find a driver«.

So, my advice to you - disable this feature "Windows", and put the drivers downloaded from the official sites of manufacturers of your equipment, or, in this case, from the disk supplied with the printer .. Subscribe!

How to disable automatic driver search in Windows 7 update center?

So, let's begin. We go to the menu Start, click right mouse button A computer,choose Properties (Or just click the combination of the WIN + PAUSE keys ).

In this menu you need to choose " Never install drivers from Windows Update". Do not forget to click Save.

Infinite update search at the Windows Update Center - [SOLVED].

So, after turning off the automatic driver search at the update center, including USB The printer cable in the systemist, Windows missed this nichkone operation and immediately moved to the search for the driver on the disk, where it, naturally, was successfully found and installed within 20 seconds.

Printing Test Page - hooray works!

By the way, perhaps the problem can also be solved simple trip Internet cable. Try, I will write about the results in the comments!

In this manual, how to disable the automatic update of device drivers in Windows 10 in three ways is a simple setup in the system properties, using the registry editor, as well as using the local group policy editor (the last version for Windows 10 Pro and corporate). Also at the end you will find a video guide.

According to observations, many problems with the work of Windows 10, especially on laptops, are currently related to the fact that the OS automatically loads the "best", in its opinion, the driver that ultimately can lead to unpleasant consequences, such as black screen , incorrect operation of sleep and hibernation and similar.

You can disable the automatic installation of individual device drivers in Windows 10 manually - using the Local Group Policy Editor (for professional and corporate editions) or using the registry editor. This section shows a ban for specific device on equipment ID.

In order to do this using the Local Group Policy Editor, the following simple steps will be required:

After the specified steps, installing new drivers for the selected device will be prohibited, and both automatically, the Windows 10 itself and manually by the user, until the changes in the editor of the local group policy is canceled.

In case the GPEDIT in your Windows 10 edition is not available, you can do the same using the registry editor. To begin with, perform the first step from the previous way (find out and copy all the equipment ID).

Go to the registry editor (Win + R, enter Regedit) and go to the section HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \\ SOFTWARE \\ POLICIES \\ Microsoft \\ Windows \\ DeviceInstall \\ Restrictions \\ DenyDeviceids (If there is no such partition, create it).

After that, create string values, as the name of which are the numbers in order, starting with 1, and the value of the equipment ID for which you want to prohibit the driver update (see Screenshot).

Disable automatic driver boot in the system parameters

The first way to disable driver update is to use settings settings windows devices 10. To get to these parameters, you can use in two ways (both options require you to be an administrator on a computer).

In the setup parameters, you will see a single query "Download automatically manufacturer applications and custom icons available for your devices?".

Select "No" and save the settings. In the future, you will not receive new drivers automatically from the Windows 10 update center.

Video instruction

Video manual in which all three ways are clearly shown (including two, which are described later in this article) Disable automatic driver update in Windows 10.

Below are additional disabling options, if certain problems arose with the above described above.

Using the registry editor

The same can be done using the editor. windows registry 10. To start it, press the Windows + R keys on the computer keyboard and enter regedit. In the "Run" window, then click OK.

In the registry editor, go to the section HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \\ SOFTWARE \\ Microsoft \\ Windows \\ Currentversion \\ DriverSearching (if section DriverSearching. None in the specified location, then right-click on the section CurrentVersion.And select Create - section, then specify its name).

In chapter DriverSearching. Change (on the right side of the registry editor) Variable value SearchRerconfig By 0 (zero), twice clicking on it and entering a new value. If there is no such variable, then on the right side of the registry editor, right-click - create - the DWORD 32 bit parameter. Specify the name for it. SearchRerconfigAnd then set the value zero.

After that, close the registry editor and restart the computer. If you need to turn on in the future automatic update Drivers - change the value of the same variable by 1.

Disable driver update from the update center using the Local Group Policy Editor

AND last method Disable automatic search and installation of drivers in Windows 10, which is suitable only for professional and Corporate versions Systems.

Finish, drivers will no longer be updated and installed automatically.