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If an update is required for a component or peripheral, you will have to install it manually.

When using this approach, you will only kill the hardware installation with drivers from Windows Update.

Windows 11 disable driver updates

Windows 11 disable driver updates

The system will continue to be able to detect specific generic drivers from the local driver library.

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Do not include drivers with Windows Update

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