Windows Update wants to download 3rd-party drivers/apps! Argh!

So as you may see from my other threads, I've been installing Windows 10 Pro x64 v. 2004 from scratch, and have been fighting with Windows wanting to install everything under the sun.

I finally installed Windows and turned on "metered connections" to stop Windows from downloading whenever it wanted.

I thought the worst of my troubles were over.

After finally re-connecting all my peripherals to my newly-built/newly-Window-ized computer, I launched Windows Update. It has offered to download and install:

• Razer Inc - Camera - 6.2.9200.16473
• Garmin - Bus Controllers and Ports, Other hardware - Garmin USB GPS
• Lenovo - Input - USB Enhanced Performance Keyboard

I have a Razer Kiyo webcam attached to my computer, and 2 Garmin watch charger/sync-cables, and that's my keyboard there.

I actually already downloaded Lenovo's keyboard driver, so I don't know why Windows wants to install another one.

I don't need any special drivers or apps for using the Garmin watches, nor the Razer camera... but Windows wants to force me to install them.

I've selected "No" to the "automatically download manufacturers' apps and custom icons", and the camera and the watches aren't even connected anymore... yet Windows wants to make me download drivers and apps for them.

Anyone have this happen to them? Any way I can make it stop? Anyway I can permanently stop Windows from offering to download drivers and apps for 3rd party hardware? Because it doesn't seem to be honoring that setting.

- Tim

UPDATE: Although I had turned off driver updates via the user setting, it wasn't taking affect. I looked in the matching Group Policies, and they weren't set for some reason (perhaps selecting the user setting only does a registry modification). Anyway, once I turned off BOTH the user setting AND set the Group Policy options correctly, it's no longer asking if I want to install third party drivers and apps. Hopefully, it will STAY that way.

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AddRAM said:

Enable or Disable Windows Update Automatic Updates in Windows 10

Use Option 7

I tried a bunch of these things yesterday, and none of them stopped the auto-downloading, unfortunately. I don't know why.

But it seems almost nobody here uses v. 2004, and that's what I'm using; it looks like a bunch the things people suggest here to use, no longer work in v. 2004. In any case, as I mention elsewhere, turning it off BOTH in Group Policy AND via the user setting, SEEMS to have stopped it... I'm crossing my fingers.

Thanks for your suggestion, in any case!

Ghot said:

I'm on Windows 10 Home v2004. I use WAU Manager and it's working fine for me. Mine is set up like this...

I dunno why, but when I tried this with that same setup, it didn't work for me. I don't want to risk it not working again, so I'll stick with what I've got so far and hope that it continues to do what I want.

Thanks though!

- Tim

tbessie said:

turned on "metered connections"

Did you do so via a Registry hack? If not, it does not work.

Matthew Wai said:

Did you do so via a Registry hack? If not, it does not work.

I didn't, I just selected both of my NIC's and marked them "metered connections". After that, auto updates stopped happening. Dunno why I didn't have to do a registry hack, if you say it has to. What registry entries are supposed to be affected by that change?

- Tim

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkList\DefaultMediaCost

The data "0x00000002 (2)" denotes metered connection. Check it out.