Windows 11 update is always rolling back Intel GPU drivers

maffle · Tuesday at 7:48 AM

I have the following issue, that Windows 11 (23h2, Home Edition) update is always rolling back Intel GPU drivers. Nothing I tried so far worked. It is Windows 11 Home so I dont have gpedit to deactivate drivers through Windows updates. Is there anyway to deactivate this madness which exists since years and MS is incompetent to give an option to block?

None of the options in this guide are working:

Enable or Disable Include Drivers with Windows Updates in Windows 11 Tutorial

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable including drivers with Windows Updates in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Windows Update will include drivers when available in Windows 11 by default. You can enable the Do not include drivers with Windows Updates policy to not include drivers...

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Installing gpedit for Home edition also didnt work. I get gpedit but the option seems to be ignored for non Pro Windows license.

This also does not work: Windows* Update Keeps Rolling Back Graphics Driver to a Previous...

Even after doing a clean installation like suggested in this post by Intel, next reboot, Windows update will again roll back.

Why is MS so incompetent?

Ghot · Tuesday at 7:53 AM

@maffle

In the Disable Include Drivers tutorial... use Option #2 (steps 3 thru 8), the registry patch.

BamaInArk · Tuesday at 7:56 AM

This used to be a huge issue with AMD drivers as well. The issue was Microsoft Update pushed these drivers rather than showing them as optional and allowing the user to decide to install or not. So now they're doing the same thing with Nvidia drivers?

Ghot · Tuesday at 7:57 AM

BamaInArk said:
This used to be a huge issue with AMD drivers as well. The issue was Microsoft Update pushed these drivers rather than showing them as optional and allowing the user to decide to install or not. So now they're doing the same thing with Nvidia drivers?

They've been doing it for all kinds of drivers, on Windows 10 and Windows 11.

After completing the tutorial... ALL the drivers from Microsoft become "optional" instead of forced.
This, of course, is a "good thing".

It's always best to get the drivers from the manufacturer, and manually update them if/when necessary.
If everything is functioning properly... don't even update the drivers.

For chipset drivers, on the other hand... it's best to get them from AMD or Intel, directly.
And... they should be updated as soon as they are released.

maffle · Tuesday at 8:06 AM

Ghot said:
In the Disable Include Drivers tutorial... use Option #2 (steps 3 thru 8), the registry patch.

Like I SAID. NOT WORKING

The tutorial is obsolete and outdated and is not working since years for Home Edition of Windows 11.

maffle · Tuesday at 8:07 AM

Ghot said:
After completing the tutorial... ALL the drivers from Microsoft become "optional" instead of forced.

Wrong.

Ghot · Tuesday at 8:08 AM

maffle said:
No. Like I SAID. NOT WORKING :) The tutorial is totally obsolote and outdated and is not working since years for Home Edition of Windows 11.

I'm on Windows 11 Home... I used the registry patch, NOT the Group Policy Editor.
It works for me.

If you don't like the tutorial on Eleven Forum, you can do this... (scroll down to the registry directions).

How to turn off driver updates in Windows Update in Windows 10

Now it is possible to stop Windows 10 from updating your drivers. By default, Windows 10 automatically installs drivers from Windows Update. Here is how to change it.

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For example... I'm still on the Nvidia 516.94 drivers.

maffle · Tuesday at 8:09 AM

Ghot said:
It works for me.

Here it is not working on every single Windows 11 Home PC of mine (reg """workaround""" applied obviously, why do you think I posted that information in my initial post!?), it worked 3-4 years ago, but then they changed something again which bypasses the registry options. It just works if you have Pro and use gpedit or the registry options, which kinda are identical. Theyre ignored if you have home license.

Bree · Tuesday at 8:15 AM

maffle said:
I have the following issue, that Windows 11 (23h2, Home Edition) update is always rolling back Intel GPU drivers. Nothing I tried so far worked. It is Windows 11 Home so I dont have gpedit to deactivate drivers through Windows updates.

I used to have that problem with the AMD video drivers on my System One with Windows 11 Home. Have you tried rolling back the driver in Device Manager after Windows Update has 'updated' them? I did that, and since then MS haven't tried to 'update' them again.

maffle · Tuesday at 8:16 AM

Bree said:
Have you tried rolling back the driver in Device Manager after Widows Update has 'updated' them?

Yes, that is the only thing which """works""", for certain amount of time, until you update the Intel GPU drivers again because of new version came out, and then next reboot Windows will again do the same rollback nonsene.

Ghot · Tuesday at 8:16 AM

maffle said:
Cool story. Here it is not working on every single Windows 11 Home PC of mine, it worked 3-4 years ago, but then they changed something again which bypasses the registry options. It just works if you have Pro and use gpedit or the registry options, which kinda are identical. Theyre ignored if you have home license.

I'm ON Windows 11 HOME. The registry tweak works.
After doing the registry tweak... you have to reboot the computer to apply the changes.

You haven't filled out your computer specs, but if you're using some motherboard driver utility or 3rd party driver updater, that may be what's updating your drivers.

The registry tweak... works.
If the tutorial was obsolete, @Brink would have updated it.

He writes the tutorials. That's what he does. That's ALL he does !!

maffle · Tuesday at 8:25 AM

@Ghot Thank you for your brilliant tips.

Ghot · Tuesday at 8:29 AM

MS used to update my Nvidia drivers, repeatedly.
I applied the registry tweak... and that stopped it.

I'm still on the Nvidia 516.94 drivers from August 2022.
And... I updated that myself from the 442.74 driver from 2020.

On Windows 10 and Windows 11.

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andrew129260 · Tuesday at 9:00 AM

In addition you can hide windows updates using this tool:

Show or Hide Updates in Windows 11 Tutorial

This tutorial will show you how to hide or show Windows updates in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Windows Update keeps Windows updated by automatically downloading and installing the latest updates, drivers, and hotfixes released by Microsoft. You can use the Show or hide updates troubleshooter...

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abactuon · Tuesday at 9:02 AM

Once upon a time on my laptop with Windows 11 Home it worked like this:
1. Installed the driver from Windows Update.
2. Downloaded the new version from Intel's website.
3. Install the driver, but don't do a clean install (somewhere in the setup it is stated).

Maybe I was still changing something in the registry or things have changed now.

trevo · Tuesday at 9:31 AM

Ghot said:
@maffle

In the Disable Include Drivers tutorial... use Option #2 (steps 3 thru 8), the registry patch.

Is there any difference between the effects of the gpedit and registry patch methods?

BamaInArk · Tuesday at 9:41 AM

I just fired up my newest Intel machine using an Nivida 3080, ran MS Update and no updated video driver was offered or pushed. Z790/13700k/3080 12 GB. Current Nvidia driver is 556.12. Fully updated 11 Pro, not Home.

Ghot · Tuesday at 10:11 AM

trevo said:
Is there any difference between the effects of the gpedit and registry patch methods?

I believe the gpedit is just a front end, a GUI for the registry, so there's probably no difference.
You'd need someone on Win 11 Pro to check that.

trevo · Tuesday at 11:32 AM

Ghot said:
I believe the gpedit is just a front end, a GUI for the registry, so there's probably no difference.
You'd need someone on Win 11 Pro to check that.

Thanks, I'll try the gpedit and see if it works for a troublesome Intel driver.