I just did it. It's actually very simple. (The tutorial for the registry hack was a bit confusing to read and follow.)
@Ghot did a great job, upstream of this thread, of clarifying it. One thing to note: ensure you use the second / as described in the tutorial. Also shown on page 3 of the tutorial, in the following screenshot:
Another angle on this is download and install Winaero Tweaker and perform the block from that instead of or in addition to the above method.
The reason I suggest this is that there are frequent instances of Microsoft undoing driver update blocks taking you back to square one. They are notorious for this undoing of user registry hacks. An example of this was cited by a very annoyed member of this forum was posted somewhere only recently I recall, also with regard to his graphic card driver. It caused him no end of problems.
So, by setting the block in Winaero Tweaker, that 3rd Party software setting will keep anything that Microsoft tries to undo going forward well in check. A little tip worth considering.
Christophe
Another angle on this is download and install Winaero Tweaker and perform the block from that instead of or in addition to the above method.
The reason I suggest this is that there are frequent instances of Microsoft undoing driver update blocks taking you back to square one. A recent example of this by a very annoyed member of this forum was posted somewhere only recently I recall.
So, by setting the block in Winaero Tweaker, that 3rd Party software setting will keep anything that Microsoft tries to undo going forward well in check. A little tip worth considering.
Christophe
That's what I use. Then if MS turns driver updates back on... it easy to block them again.
It doesn't get much easier than that...
I have simply used Windows Update MiniTool to hide all unwanted drivers. So far, so good.
I didn't know about that one but like what I see as you can be very specific and not only have the 'complete block' option that Winaero Tweaker offers. Very useful indeed.
Thank you for posting that information here.
Christophe
You are most welcome!
Here is the link for the Windows Update MiniTool 18.01.2022 (right up-to-date) that @Matthew Wai kindly let us know about in his post #17 above.
It looks good and I have just downloaded it to try it out for myself.
Christophe
EDIT: Correct misspelling of Matthew Wai (was spelt with only one 't' instead of two, incorrectly calling another member.
Last edited by CMArbres; 17 Feb 2022 at 06:46.
Downloading it now (WUMT), because registry hack didn't work for me. Thanks.
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