BSOD during Youtube videos on Asus running Win 10

axe0 · 03 Oct 2017

bryguy1231 said:

Thanks for the link. I hadn't done the obvious duh thing and searched for the methodology here. Google had informed me that I had to have the Pro version to be able to block specific drivers and I stopped at that point. My Install Driver and selecting the available 2015 version that still resided on my hard drive went through without a hiccup. Now I've told Windows to only update itself and stay away from the Realtek drivers.

Most of the options, if not all, in the tutorial cannot be performed with Windows 10 Home.

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable including driver updates in Windows Update in Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions.

bryguy1231 · 03 Oct 2017

Per the link, Option 4 includes those other than Pro, Enterprise, and Education. "All editions can use Option Four below to set this policy."
I know it's just a registry change flagging Update to 'just fix yourself, ya bossy taskmaster!' and the next update pushed out by Microsoft may ignore the registry setting. If it happens again during any future update, I'll append more to this post. As of now, I've set the flag to leave my other drivers alone, rolled back my driver again to the 2015 one I managed to shoehorn in previously, and Youtube hasn't crashed since. Fingers crossed!