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You First install the driver that you want, then prevent Windows from changing it through the procedure.
Simple.
You First install the driver that you want, then prevent Windows from changing it through the procedure.
Simple.
Just click on the start menu and type gpedit.msc, you will see it somewhere on the top of the list.
Here are some other ways to access Policy Editor:
http://www.isunshare.com/windows-10/...indows-10.html
Simple.
Appears gpedit.msc doesn't exist in Windows 10 Home. I had to download and install it manually, but inside Administrative Templates => System there is no Device Installation (even if I run gpedit.msc as Administrator).
I guess I'm all out of luck? Must I go buy Windows 10 Pro instead?
It's so weird if I uninstall Windows' drivers and install my own, they're replaced almost immediately.
Contents of Administrative Templates => System:
Code:Setting State User Profiles Scripts Logon Disk Quotas Net Logon Group Policy Remote Assistance System Restore Error Reporting Windows File Protection Remote Procedure Call Windows Time Service Internet Communication Management Distributed COM Restrict potentially unsafe HTML Help functions to specified folders Not configured Do not display Manage Your Server page at logon Not configured Display Shutdown Event Tracker Not configured Activate Shutdown Event Tracker System State Data feature Not configured Enable Persistent Time Stamp Not configured Specify Windows installation file location Not configured Specify Windows Service Pack installation file location Not configured Remove Boot / Shutdown / Logon / Logoff status messages Not configured Verbose vs normal status messages Not configured Restrict these programs from being launched from Help Not configured Turn off Autoplay Not configured Do not automatically encrypt files moved to encrypted folders Not configured Download missing COM components Not configured Allow Distributed Link Tracking clients to use domain resources Not configured Do not turn off system power after a Windows system shutdown has occurred. Not configured Turn off Windows Update device driver search prompt Not configured
There is another way of doing it:
disconnect from network.
From device manager uninstall the current drive but check the box for deleting the current driver from hard disk.
Install the wanted driver again, reboot.
You can perform the driver installation by right clicking on device (in the Device Manager) and choose to install from location on disk (Browse my computer etc..)
There are posts on this forum explaining different ways of doing it.
I am sure if you have the tools you can perform the needed effect, just ensure that you are Admin all the time.
Simple.
Can somebody confirm that gpedit.msc => Computer Configuration => Administrative Templates => System => Device Installation exists in Windows 10 Pro?
Ok, I managed to access Device Installation.
I tried preventing the installation of my device (the newer version, signed by Microsoft) based on the device ID I got from the driver details, however this also prevents me from installing the old driver (signed by Broadcom) as I'm guessing their IDs are the same.
Where do I go from here?