Thanks to Shawn for his Device Installation Tutorial. This is just a part of that Tutorial M ost of the crashes happens because of a bad drivers. Unfortunately most of the time these bad drivers are coming from Windows Update. Because it won't pick the best driver. So when we troubleshoot BSOD it's best to disable automatic driver installation so we can make sure we are downloading the best driver from manufacturer's website.

Here's How: 1, Start Menu search box: type 2, Once you click on that to start it up you will get the following dialog that gives you two choices: 3, The top option: Yes, do this automatically ( recommended ). When the second option is selected the options expand: 4, When it is expanded you see a default choice and this is basically the same as the automatic option above.

The other two choices are the big difference here. • Install driver software from Windows Update if it is not found on my computer. This will search your computer first instead of Windows Update.

If it is not found locally then it will go to Windows Update and look there for a driver. • Never install driver software from Windows Update.

The system will always ask you to provide the device driver. • We want to enable ' Never install driver software from Windows Update' • Then click on Save Changes 5, Now your Windows won't automatically download drivers. For more information on Device Driver and Information Installation Settings check Shawn's Tutorial. But this does not stop windows 7 from constantly installing drivers that it has allready downloaded. Cassandra Software.

This is an unbeleivably bad fault of an otherwise great OS. Its so pathetic. I heard there is a way (a rather tricky way) to stop windows using all of its own drivers. All this could have been avoided by one simple thing. If windows 7 just ASKED before it installed its crappy drivers automatically.' Can I insall a driver for you, or are you using you own?'

Aug 31, 2016 Automatically get recommended drivers and updates for. It's best to let Windows install drivers automatically. Malicious Software Removal Tool. Hi Craiger129, Follow the steps below to turn off Windows 7 Automatic Driver Installation: a. Click on Start, type ‘change device installation settings’ without. 10 Free Driver Updater Tools. You can choose to download and install all of the drivers automatically or to manually choose for yourself which ones you want.

Its has to just do it, and mess everything up. I guess windows xp is still the best. Similar help and support threads Thread Forum I`ve used this procedure, but if I turn on my printer, windows still starts installing the driver.

I have drivers & software from Epson site I want to use, but then I end up with 2 printers. General Discussion Most of the crashes happens because of a bad drivers. Unfortunately most of the time these bad drivers are coming from Windows Update. Because it won't pick the best driver. So when we troubleshoot BSOD it's best to disable automatic driver installation so we can make sure we are downloading the. Drivers Hi, I am trying to stop a driver from installing automatically. I have tried 'Device Installation Settings' >Setting to never.