Disable Automatic Driver Updates for specific devices
1] Using Control Panel
While it is recommended that you let make Windows download Drivers & Realistic Icons automatically if you wish, you can stop Windows from automatically installing Drivers, open Control panel > Advanced System settings > Hardware tab > Device Installation settings. You can also access it by opening Control Panel > Device & printers > Right-click the Computer under Devices and select Device Installation settings. You will be asked, Do you want to download driver software and realistic icons for your devices? Here select No, let me choose what to do. Click Save changes.
2] Using Group Policy Editor
Type gpedit.msc in start search and hit Enter to open Group Policy Editor.
Navigate to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Device Installation > Device Installation. Now in the RHS pane double click on Prevent Installation of Devices not described by other policy settings. Set it at Enabled. Click Apply / OK. If you enable this policy setting, Windows is prevented from installing or updating the device driver for any device that is not described by either the “Allow installation of devices that match any of these device IDs”, the “Allow installation of devices for these device classes”, or the “Allow installation of devices that match any of these device instance IDs” policy setting. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Windows is allowed to install or update the device driver for any device that is not described by the “Prevent installation of devices that match any of these device IDs”, “Prevent installation of devices for these device classes” policy setting, “Prevent installation of devices that match any of these device instance IDs”, or “Prevent installation of removable devices” policy setting.
3] Using Windows Registry
If your Windows does not have Group Policy, you can navigate to the following key in Windows Registry: Set the value of SearchOrderConfig to 0 to block driver updates. A value of 1 allows downloads of driver updates. Restart your computer. NOTE: These options don’t prevent the installation of those drivers whose device IDs, device instance IDs, and device classes are added in Group Policy for automatic installation. If you want to prevent the automatic updates of all the drivers, then you can check this post on how to Block Driver Updates via Windows Quality Update.
How to get Device IDs from Device Manager?
To get Device IDs for Hardrwae from Device Manager in Windows 11/10:
Open Device ManagerSelect the deviceRight-click on it and choose PropertiesGo to the Details tabNow, select Hardware Ids from the dropdown menu under the Property
You will see the hardware IDs there.
Stop automatic driver installation or reinstallation
If a Device Driver has already been installed and you want to remove it and then stop that particular driver from being update, do the following: Hope this helps.
