It looks just fine!Code:Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceInstall] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceInstall\Restrictions] "DenyDeviceIDs"=dword:00000001 "DenyDeviceIDsRetroactive"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceInstall\Restrictions\DenyDeviceIDs]"1"="PCI\\VEN_1002&DEV_682F&SUBSYS_05721028"
Has anybody applied this procedure to a printer?
I'm trying to help somebody in Remove Driver Completely - TenForums but anyone who has direct experience of applying this procedure to a printer would be much better qualified than I am to guide the OP.
Denis
Hi Denis.
The restriction can be applied to any driver (including a printer one).
For example my printer can be restricted just by adding its HWid "PRINTENUM\hewlett-packardhp_coc7f9".
That's the specific printer HWid, which can be found by following the instructions given in the tutorial.
Someone can also add the "The DenyDeviceIDsRetroactive" DWORD which corresponds to the "Also apply to matching devices that are already installed" checkbox: 1 for checked, 0 for not, as I explain in the first post
Last edited by ddelo; 03 Aug 2022 at 04:37.
Hi all,
Does this tutorial apply to Windows 11? Specifically, can the.reg file for Windows 10 Home be applied to Windows 11 Home?
I apologize if this has already been discussed on elevenforum; I searched there but couldn't find it.
Thank You
Good afternoon @Brink
I would like to confirm that I understand the process of preventing updating of specific drivers.
Background: I have two Acer Predator XB271HU monitors. According to Device Manager, Monitors, Details Tab for each monitor, the Hardware ID is MONITOR\ACR052F. Windows installs generic PnP Monitor drivers but I install specific monitor drivers from the Asus support website (Product Support | Acer United States). I manually install the Asus drivers through Device Manger, Monitors, Driver Tab, Update Driver option, Browse my computer for drivers, let me pick from a list of available drivers on my computer, have disk, and navigate to the location the drivers are extracted, and install.
To prevent Windows update from overwriting the Asus drivers, I use the registry entries below, where DenyDeviceIDs dword is 1 and DenyDeviceIDsRetroactive dword is 0, right?
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceInstall\Restrictions]
"DenyDeviceIDs"=dword:00000001
"DenyDeviceIDsRetroactive"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceInstall\Restrictions\DenyInstanceIDs]
"1"="MONITOR\\ACR052F"
Thanks!
Followed the directions for W10 Home but neglected to include the extra backslash where it was needed. The (unwanted) Nvidia driver showed up as ready to install. I added the extra backslash to the registry and rebooted. My preferred driver was still present and the unwanted driver update disappeared from the queue. Lovely! My system freezes (usually in any browser regardless of the hardware acceleration switch setting) have stopped.
Thanks to the OP for this wonderful mod.
Lenovo T5 28IMB05 - i7, 16GB RAM, GTX 1660 Super, W10-21H2
I had the same thing with a commercial device with, apparently, a non-genuine Prolific USB-serial converter. The converter is of type "PL2303 H". I was able to install the driver of version "3.3.2.105" following this guide: PL2303HXA Phased out since 2012. Please contact your supplier (SOLVED) – Connectix.nl .
The problem was Windows 11 would reinstall the bricking driver after unplugging and plugging it back in.
For me the group policy didn't work. It would prevent the device from working when plugging it in.
Only the register hack worked (in my case for device "USB\VID_067B&PID_2303").
The problem I faced was that plugging it in a different USB port in a PC or HUB or plugging the HUB in a different PC USB port resulted in Windows using the faulty driver. So I had to manually install the driver for the device for every separate USB port combination. Now it works.
If someone knows how to prevent windows from using different device drivers for different USB ports let me know. I still haven't found a workaround for this issue. I want the same driver regardless of the port used.
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I figured it out. I simply had to update the driver to a wrong version and then uninstall the device and check the delete driver option https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...5-ac0bcbf76f22 . I repeated this for all unwanted versions until only the desired version remained. Now windows has no other driver to choose from.
Thanks for the brilliant tutorial, it's the only one that worked to permanently block device driver updates by Windows Update. I don't know whether it's coincidence or not or a random issue, but after rebooting, I had an error 34 on display adapter status stating that Windows couldn't load the driver due to an I/O error or something like that, and Microsoft Basic Display Adapter was the one enabled. I guess that happened because I entered the generic hardware ID of my device (Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe Graphics), instead of entering the specific one PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_9A49&SUBSYS_C195144D&REV_01.
I modified the hardware ID accordingly on "enable restrictions" registry key, rebooted and and tested reinstalling (repairing actually) Intel graphics drivers, and the installation didn't complete with an error message, as expected. I expect that Windows Update attempt to install graphics driver will fail as well, let's see.
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