I get this every time I try to close down.
It seems on go on forever.
What on earth is it doing?
Can I stop whatever it is?
TIA
I get this every time I try to close down. It seems on go on forever.
What on earth is it doing? Can I stop whatever it is?
Did you leave enabled that Windows can auto-update the drivers, too?
While I could dig around the settings to find where to disable it since
it would commit brain surgery on the OS without my consent, I use
WinAero Tweaker for that along with making other setting changes.
VanguardLH wrote:
Did you leave enabled that Windows can auto-update the drivers, too?
While I could dig around the settings to find where to disable it since
it would commit brain surgery on the OS without my consent, I use
WinAero Tweaker for that along with making other setting changes.
<https://www.minitool.com/news/disable-automatic-driver-updates-win-10-009.html>
1. Open Settings, select System » About.
2. In right-hand panel, Advanced System Settings.
3. On Hardware tab, Device Installation Settings and select No.
Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote:
VanguardLH wrote:
Did you leave enabled that Windows can auto-update the drivers, too?
While I could dig around the settings to find where to disable it since
it would commit brain surgery on the OS without my consent, I use
WinAero Tweaker for that along with making other setting changes.
<https://www.minitool.com/news/disable-automatic-driver-updates-win-10-009.html>
1. Open Settings, select System » About.
2. In right-hand panel, Advanced System Settings.
3. On Hardware tab, Device Installation Settings and select No.
Shortcut to get to the same config dialog is to run:
sysdm.cpl (tap on Hardware tab)
However, I've tried that before. Didn't stop hardware updates. Used
to, but Microsoft changed their collective mind. That was the old way
to disable hardware updates. I'd still sometimes come back to my
computer to find a prompt to reboot the computer to apply the driver
update which I didn't want.
Now you need to use a policy, and Home users don't have the policy
editor (gpedit.msc). All policies are registry entries, but directly
editing the registry is a pain, there is no undo (in regedit.exe), and
you have to know where is the registry entry to edit. The WinAero
Tweaker article mentions where is the policy entry in the registry, and
how to edit it yourself, or just use the tool to edit the policy.
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