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This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off download drivers and device software from Windows Update over metered connections in Windows 11. A metered connection is an Internet connection that has a data limit associated with it. Cellular data connections are set as metered by default...

This tutorial will show you how to roll back a device driver to a previous version in Windows 10 and Windows 11. A newer device driver version often adds functionality and fixes problems that were discovered in earlier versions. If the device fails or has issues after updating the driver, you...

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off the Microsoft Vulnerable Driver Blocklist for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Starting with Windows 10 (KB5018482) and Windows 11 (KB5018483 and KB5018496), the Microsoft Vulnerable Driver Blocklist is enabled by default. The vulnerable...

This tutorial will show you how to back up and restore all 3rd party device drivers on your Windows 10 and Windows 11 PC. If you clean install Windows, you will need to install drivers for each device in the system. Some of these device drivers may no longer be available from the manufacturer...

This tutorial will show you how to uninstall a driver for a device in Windows 10 and Windows 11. When a device is connected to your PC, Windows will usually automatically install drivers for it, or you may have to manually install the device's driver software. Sometimes it might be necessary...

This tutorial will show you how to find the current Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) version you have in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) is the graphics display driver architecture introduced in Windows Vista (WDDM v1.0). WDDM is required starting with...

This tutorial will show you how to restart the video graphics drivers of your display adapter(s) in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Windows includes an easy method to restart your graphics drivers on demand as needed. This includes restarting NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel graphics drivers. If your display...

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...