This mainly occurs for laptop users as they have mobile GPU chipset(s), these GPU(s) have their own driver mostly provided by manufacturer on the product page. However, Windows treat these mobile GPU(s) as normal desktop GPU(s) sometimes and installs an incorrect, incompatible or outdated version of GPU driver. This can be easily fixed by disallowing Windows to install the drivers through Windows Update Settings. In this guide, we will go through several tips and methods you can use to avoid such situations.
1. Use the Microsoft Show or Hide Updates to avoid GPU driver update
Microsoft Show or Hide Updates is a utility that allows users to view or hide problematic Windows updates, including driver updates. By using this utility, you will be able to prevent Windows from keep installing the wrong or outdated GPU driver. First, you need to uninstall the GPU driver from the device manager, and then you will be able to hide the driver update that keeps installing on your Windows. To do this, follow the steps.
2. Change Device Installation Settings
Device Installation settings allow users to install the device drivers automatically by using the Windows Update utility. For instance, when you plug the device into your computer, the driver installs automatically without doing anything. When Windows thinks that the current GPU driver is outdated, it installs and overwrites the wrong or old driver. This can happen when the Windows server does not have the latest driver for your device. As a result, when you install an updated driver, it thinks that you have an outdated driver. To increase the GPU performance, it overwrites the latest GPU driver with the outdated or wrong one, which results in degraded GPU performance and loss of Frames Per Second (FPS). To prevent this, you can change the device installation settings, which won’t install any device driver unless you revert the device installation settings.
3. Disable Windows Update from the registry editor
Registry Editor is like a database on Windows. It has access to every component on Windows released so far, such as Windows Update and Windows Defender. You can customize your Windows to reduce memory usage by disabling many features using the registry editor. In this method, we will disable Windows Update, which will prevent the driver update from keep installing on your PC. There are two methods to disable automatic Windows updates from the registry editor, Manually and Automatically. If you don’t want to mess around with commands, you can just download the batch file from the link and run it as administrator. However, if you don’t trust the script, you can manually do this by following the steps.
4. Disable Windows Update from Group Policy Editor
Group Policy Editor is an administrator tool that is used to configure various Windows and network settings. You can use this tool to prevent the driver updates from including in the Windows update utility. To disable Windows update from Group Policy Editor, follow the steps:
5. Disable the Windows Update service
Windows Update service is responsible for delivering, detecting, and installing upcoming updates. You can disable the service to prevent the Windows update from keep installing the wrong AMD drivers. To disable the Windows update service:
6. Revert Your GPU driver using Device Manager
If the problem still persists, you can try reverting the AMD driver to the latest one. In some cases, Windows updates the driver after 2-3 days. Therefore, you can try reverting the GPU driver to the latest by using the device manager. Next time if Windows installs an outdated or wrong AMD driver, just revert the GPU driver by following these steps.
