To revert back, change the policy setting to “Not Configured” or “Disabled.” Block Driver Updates for Specific Device Using Registry Editor One thing to keep in mind is that Windows will still download the drivers for that hardware device, but it will not install them. Just restart your system and you are good to go. In the main window click on the “OK” button to save the changes. In the future, if you have other hardware devices for which you want to avoid the driver updates, then add those hardware IDs in the same manner. Once filled in, click on the “OK” button to save the changes. Here, enter all the hardware IDs you copied earlier one by one.
This action will open the “Show Contents” window. In the policy properties window, select the “Enabled” radio button, and then click on the “Show” button appearing under the Options category. Once you are here, find the “Prevent installation of devices that match any of these devices IDs” policy, and double-click on it to change its properties. Press “Win + R,” type gpedit.msc and press the Enter button to open the Windows 10 Group Policy Editor.Īfter opening the Group Policy Editor, navigate to “Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> Device Installation -> Device Installation Restrictions.” Block Driver Updates for Specific Device Using Group Policy Editor We are going to need these IDs in a few steps, so paste them into a text file for safekeeping. Select all the listed IDs, right-click and then select the option “Copy.” The above action will show you the unique hardware IDs of the target device. In the hardware properties window, navigate to the “Details” tab and then select “Hardware IDs” from the drop-down menu under “Property.” Right-click on the device and select the option “Properties.” In my case, I’m selecting the graphic card in my old laptop which was abandoned by the manufacturer and no longer provides proper drivers for Windows 10. Once the Device Manager has been opened, find the hardware device for which you want to block the driver updates. To get them, search for “Device Manager” in the Start Menu and open it. Since we want to block driver updates for a specific hardware device, we need its unique hardware IDs.
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