Tip: Prevent Win7 from automatically installing drivers

A friend who has installed Windows7 must know the intelligent driver installation of Win7, and I must feel that this method can automatically identify the hardware and match the driver. However, in this intelligent and convenient way, it has caused annoyance to many users, such as the integrated driver version is too old, the driver matching error, the driver conflict, etc., and sometimes even the external device has to wait for half a day to install or Installation failed, this is really a very depressing thing.

What is the way to prevent the driver from automatically installing? Don't worry, we just need to set it up easily. Here, the soft media editor introduces three methods for everyone.

Method 1: Right-click [Computer]-[Properties]

Select [Advanced System Settings] on the left tab and switch to the [Hardware] tab. , select the second [Device Installation Settings]

Select [No] in the pop-up window

Select the third [never Installation from Windows Update installation (that is, the number 2 above), so you can completely block it, but the soft media editor suggested to choose the second item (that is, the blue box 1 above), so as to ensure that the local and Internet are driven. Multipath guaranteed installation.

Method 2: [Start] - [Devices and Printers], or find the

right-click computer icon in the control panel as shown below, select [Device Installation Settings] < Br>

Select No in the pop-up window, the selection method is the same as the method one

Method three: [Run] (or "WIN+R“ key) input>gpedit .msc“Enter

Click [Computer Configuration] - [Management Panel] - [System] - [Device Installation] - [Device Installation Restriction]. Double-click on the right side to disable installation of devices not described by other policy settings.

Select [Enabled]

After completion, restart Enough.