USB devices not installing drivers automatically

[joaomrcarvalho]

Basically, the title explains the issue. For some reason, my USB devices (printer, external usb wifi card) aren't installing drivers automatically and therefore I can't use them.

Probably there was something on the tweaks that disabled that functionality by default, but I need it back.

Any idea on how to do so? I've already undone the tweaks, to no success.

Thanks in advance!

[Carterpersall]

This is likely what caused your issue:

Write-Host "Disabling driver offering through Windows Update..."
        If (!(Test-Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Device Metadata")) {
            New-Item -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Device Metadata" -Force | Out-Null
        }
        Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Device Metadata" -Name "PreventDeviceMetadataFromNetwork" -Type DWord -Value 1
        If (!(Test-Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DriverSearching")) {
            New-Item -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DriverSearching" -Force | Out-Null
        }
        Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DriverSearching" -Name "DontPromptForWindowsUpdate" -Type DWord -Value 1
        Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DriverSearching" -Name "DontSearchWindowsUpdate" -Type DWord -Value 1
        Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DriverSearching" -Name "DriverUpdateWizardWuSearchEnabled" -Type DWord -Value 0
        If (!(Test-Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate")) {
            New-Item -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate" | Out-Null
        }
        Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate" -Name "ExcludeWUDriversInQualityUpdate" -Type DWord -Value 1

Instead of reverting the settings, I would recommend downloading Snappy Driver Installer Origin to prevent issues with Windows Update overriding things. But if you do want to revert instead, run all of the Set-ItemProperty commands but with the opposite value(0 instead of 1 and vice versa) then restart.

[joaomrcarvalho]

Instead of reverting the settings, I would recommend downloading Snappy Driver Installer Origin to prevent issues with Windows Update overriding things. But if you do want to revert instead, run all of the Set-ItemProperty commands but with the opposite value(0 instead of 1 and vice versa) then restart.

Thanks for the tip! I wasn't aware of such an open-source project. I do prefer your proposed approach than having windows mess up the drivers every now and then, indeed. Thanks! :)

PS: Problem solved! (I won't close the issue, since I see that Chris has added something related with it to the September sprint.)

[d0x360]

Does this snappy driver app work better than DDU? I've noticed recently I'm seeing GeForce experience showing up in uwp apps.

[Carterpersall]

DDU is great for removing graphics drivers completely, while SDIO (Snappy Driver Installer Origin) is great for installing all your computer's drivers. But if you want something more advanced for installing Nvidia drivers, I'd recommend checking out NVCleanstall. It works great for removing bloat from Nvidia drivers. Be careful though, as it is easy to remove parts that break certain features unintentionally.

[d0x360]

Appreciate it but I already use both. I just asked because even when telling DDU not to let Windows do anything installation wise after reboot, if I install GFE via the driver I'll still end up seeing it in the Windows store set of updates.

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DDU is great for removing graphics drivers completely, while SDIO (Snappy Driver Installer Origin) is great for installing all your computer's drivers. But if you want something more advanced for installing Nvidia drivers, I'd recommend checking out NVCleanstall. It works great for removing bloat from Nvidia drivers. Be careful though, as it is easy to remove parts that break certain features unintentionally.

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[Carterpersall]

That's probably because the version of GeForce Experience that the driver installs is not the most recent version of the app. The button you're selecting in DDU is intended to stop Windows Update from installing the display driver, but it doesn't stop Windows Store from updating GeForce Experience.

[d0x360]

I wish it would but as long as it doesn't effect anything then it's not a problem.

My concern was that the uwp version of GFE would later install drivers from Windows but now that I actually give that statement some thought... It's ridiculous. nVidia will always have newer driver's plus I'm probably jumping ship to rDNA3 this year.

I've owned nothing but EVGA xx80ti FTW3 Ultra Gaming cards since the 980ti and I'm insane so I upgrade every year but the 3080ti FTW3 Ultra will hopefully be my last for a while.

AMD seems to be on the right track. I'm hearing 4090ti rasterization performance and at least 3090ti ray tracing performance with hardware specific for RT & FSR3 so I'd be happy with that.

I can't keep rewarding nVidia for bad behavior

On Mon, Oct 10, 2022, 8:33 AM Carter @.***> wrote:

That's probably because the version of GeForce Experience that the driver installs is not the most recent version of the app. The button you're selecting in DDU is intended to stop Windows Update from installing the display driver, but it doesn't stop Windows Store from updating GeForce Experience.

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