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Leroy_Dartagnan
Copper Contributor
Nov 02, 2021

Windows 11 Updating AMD Graphics

I'm having an issue where Windows Update keeps updating my graphics driver with the Microsoft driver. I've turned the device installation setting to "No," but Windows keeps updating the graphics driv...
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Mousefluff
Iron Contributor
Nov 03, 2021

Leroy_Dartagnan 

Usually it's because you have the wrong driver, and you haven't downloaded the latest one from the AMD site (it's never going to try to replace it if you have the latest one.)

https://www.amd.com/en/support

 

 

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Tkosh65
Copper Contributor
Feb 19, 2022

Mousefluff  I do have the latest AMD driver and from my reading The MS driver bricks the AMD software. I am now missing Windows 11 updates because of this (I paused updates). Microsoft needs to move this to optional updates, not required updates.

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    Khash420
    Copper Contributor
    Feb 21, 2022
    I am using Dell SE5505 with Ryzen5 4600H cpu and 5600M gpu. I am always running updated latest AMD drivers (Adrenalin 22.2.2 / Adrenalin 21.10.2). But similarly as with other users, windows update will install Advance micro devices display update and my system will get blue screen and reeboot. This update is my ruining my GPU drivers. I tried to stop this auto update by disabling device installation settings under hardware tab of Advanced System settings and also tried prevent installation of device under Group Policies settings. But nothing works actually, windows will still download Advance micro devices and make my system usable.When i was looking for solution on google, I was surprised to find that this issue persist since more than year or maybe longer for many user's. This is scary since it doesn't seem to that major of an bug to disable but it's still here. And I gave multiple tries to disable the update using aforementioned methods and updating to the latest drivers. Still Advance micro systems update prevails and kills my system. Kindly Help!!.
    Tkosh65 please help me with an temporary fix. Thankyou.
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      Tkosh65
      Copper Contributor
      Feb 21, 2022

      Khash420 

      Luckily I was able to remove the downloaded driver so it never installed even though Windows update had already downloaded it. Get the update manager for Windows by Dave Xanatos. The current filename is WuMgr_v1.1b. Start that up click on the windows update button upper left then look bottom left. You can leave auto update on or you can actually disable it and handle updates with this program OR you can leave auto update on and uncheck the include drivers box. As soon as I unchecked the include drivers box that driver was gone from the ready to install queue thankfully.

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