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<blockquote data-quote="forgottenuser79643" data-source="post: 926301" data-attributes="member: 88069">You can&#039;t in that case, well technically you can in a roundabout way. It means that that update was pushed for your PC (or component, if self assembled) by the manufacturer through Microsoft Update Catalog. The &#039;main&#039; updates can&#039;t be stopped unless an already newer version is of said component driver is present on the system. In the days prior to Windows 8/10 you could hide and block them permanently as those systems had a longer list of updates. In the days of Windows 8/10 most of those have become more simplified and merged into one.The only other way to potentially stop these drivers from the &#039;main&#039; updates is to block driver updates through the Group Policy Editor. But that comes at the cost that it will stop all main updates marked as driver updates through the main updates. Meaning you need to look and manually troubleshoot and install the driver in question when there is an issue. Not an issue for most people on MalwareTips of course, but most of the users of Windows don&#039;t ever touch drivers let alone update them themselves, which is the majority of their costumers/users.Edit: my previous post <a href="https://malwaretips.com/threads/should-i-install-these-drivers-in-update.106364/post-926296" target="_blank">#5</a> was for optional updates. I should have mentioned that.Edit2: For Windows 10 Pro:[ICODE]Group Policy editor (gpedit.msc) &gt; Administrative Templates &gt; Windows Components &gt; Windows Update &gt; &#039;Do not include drivers with Windows Updates&#039; &gt; Enabled[/ICODE]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="forgottenuser79643, post: 926301, member: 88069"] You can't in that case, well technically you can in a roundabout way. It means that that update was pushed for your PC (or component, if self assembled) by the manufacturer through Microsoft Update Catalog. The 'main' updates can't be stopped unless an already newer version is of said component driver is present on the system. In the days prior to Windows 8/10 you could hide and block them permanently as those systems had a longer list of updates. In the days of Windows 8/10 most of those have become more simplified and merged into one. The only other way to [I]potentially[/I] stop these drivers from the 'main' updates is to block driver updates through the Group Policy Editor. But that comes at the cost that it will stop all main updates marked as driver updates through the main updates. Meaning you need to look and manually troubleshoot and install the driver in question when there is an issue. Not an issue for most people on MalwareTips of course, but most of the users of Windows don't ever touch drivers let alone update them themselves, which is the majority of their costumers/users. Edit: my previous post [URL='https://malwaretips.com/threads/should-i-install-these-drivers-in-update.106364/post-926296']#5[/URL] was for optional updates. I should have mentioned that. Edit2: For Windows 10 Pro: [ICODE]Group Policy editor (gpedit.msc) > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update > 'Do not include drivers with Windows Updates' > Enabled[/ICODE] [/QUOTE]

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