Comments on: How To Prevent Windows Updating Drivers https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-prevent-windows-updating-drivers/ Computer Help, Tips, How-to's, and News Fri, 06 Feb 2026 23:40:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jim Hillier https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-prevent-windows-updating-drivers/#comment-174800 Fri, 06 Feb 2026 23:40:22 +0000 https://davescomputertips.com/?p=150731#comment-174800 In reply to Charley.

Hey Charley,

Yep, WAU Manager is a great bit of gear: https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-take-full-control-of-windows-updates/

]]> By: Charley https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-prevent-windows-updating-drivers/#comment-174799 Fri, 06 Feb 2026 21:44:28 +0000 https://davescomputertips.com/?p=150731#comment-174799 I user Windows Automatic Update Manager, a free app that lets you decide which updates to install rather than letting windows update automatically install them all. That way when I see that windows update want to install a driver, I don’t install the driver. But now I know that there is an update and I go to the manufacture’s site to get the update.

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