I've upgraded my PC from Windows 7 Ultimate to Windows 10 Pro; overall it seems to be working fine, with small bugs here and there. One thing that I find really annoying is that Windows seems to think it is OK to install drivers and vendor-specific control panels for me.
I've always installed drivers manually to get around having all the bloatware (i.e., Realtek's audio management panels and other vendor-specific tweaking tools).
How do I stop Windows from automatically installing bloat on my custom PC, so that I can use the drivers I've exported from packages and binaries to get around bloats?
If I uninstall everything Windows automatically installed, it seems as if a reboot persists them and installs again.
Preferably I'd like to perform a clean install and have Windows skip installing any drivers automatically. Is this possible?
Answer
After 2 hours of angry web searching, I posted this question. And of course the next search I did yielded the answer I was looking for;
Note: Make sure your windows upgrade has been activated before you perform a clean installation!
Performing a clean installation with the Windows 10 ISO with the network cable disconnected seems to be the way to go. After first boot one have to disable this feature by;
- Open File explorer (Win+E)
- Right click "This PC" and select properties
- Click "Advanced system settings" and select "Hardware" tab
- Click "Device Installation Settings"
- Select "No, let me choose what to do" and check "Never install driver software from Windows Update"
- Reconnect your network cable
Windows will be activated sometime after you connect the network cable again.
Hope this helps others too, and save hours of anger in search for a solution.
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