Question Windows 10 keeps installing Radeon software without my permission

[Blitzknall]

Hi,

This happend now 4 times in one week and i'm starting to get tired of it. Every time when i delete the gpu driver with DDU in safe mode and installing
another one without the Radeon ''Settings'' software, i notice that after a day or two that the software is still automatically being installed !

I already disabled Windows automatic driver update through Gpedit.msc and also advanced settings under Windows Update
but it keeps installing the software which i dont like! It causing a lot of problems with my gpu card during gaming. Without the
Radeon Settings software i'm fine.

Is there any other way to stop Windows 10 from interfering with my drivers? Can i disable windows update completely and just leave the security updates on?

I hope somebody can help me.

Thank you

System:

Win 10 Pro 64 bit
i5 7600K 3.8ghz
Radeon RX 480 4GB
Corsair 16GB ddr4 RAM
Samsung 250GB SSD
Seasonic Focus Gold 750 watt
MSI Z270 Tomahawk motherboard

 

[Rokinamerica]

You can pause Windows updates from a week up to 5 weeks. I suggest you pause it for now.

Do you have any software related to AMD like Adrenalin or such? That may be where your updates are coming from. If you are not sure, pause the windows updates for a week to see if it stops. If it doesn't, it is some other software updating.

 

[Blitzknall]

You can pause Windows updates from a week up to 5 weeks. I suggest you pause it for now.

Do you have any software related to AMD like Adrenalin or such? That may be where your updates are coming from. If you are not sure, pause the windows updates for a week to see if it stops. If it doesn't, it is some other software updating.

No. I found a WHQL driver from january 2017 which works best on my system. During installation i only select ''drivers only'' so it should exclude everything else.

Ok, i will try that. I just disabled Windows Updates competely.

 

[Nice Nicer]

If this doesn´t solve your problem , you might try getting the drivers without the rest. Since they´re from 2017 it´s likely that they´ve been archived on some webpage.

 

[Nice Nicer]

NIMEZ DRIVERS might be an option.
Modded Drivers for older Radeon Cards.
They´re said to be quite good and since you have problems with the AMD software anyway, you might try those.

 

[johnbl]

you need to start cmd.exe as an admin then run
net.exe /stop "plug and play"
then you can now uninstall the driver and install the new one.
then run
net.exe /start "plug and play"

you could also delete the driver from the driver store.
you would start cme.exe as a admin then run
pnputil.exe /e > c:\outfile.txt
then notepad.exe c:\outfile.txt

find the oem.ini file for the device it should say oem.xxx
(some number) then use
pnputil.exe /d oem.xxx
(this will delete the old driver from the driver store)

 

[Blitzknall]

I already disabled windows update and till now still no Radeon software automatically installed. There was only 1 atempt but it first asked me if i wanted to install the software.