{"id":2622,"date":"2020-11-17T14:32:50","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T22:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/?p=2622"},"modified":"2020-11-17T14:32:51","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T22:32:51","slug":"how-to-block-specific-driver-or-patch-updates-in-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/?p=2622","title":{"rendered":"How to Block Specific Driver or Patch Updates in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With the release of Windows 10, Microsoft has taken an\u00a0aggressive approach to driver, functionality and security updates to simplify maintaining an up-to-date PC. \u00a0One of Microsoft&#8217;s biggest headaches are the millions of Windows PCs that are missing patching resulting in a bad user experience and major security issues. \u00a0With Windows 10, Microsoft is automatically installing all patches and users can&#8217;t easily defer or stop an update form happening. \u00a0The approach has been met with a lot of coverage from the press, but this really is no different than what has been going on for years in the mobile space. There is one aspect of the controversy that actually has some legs to stand on. \u00a0This is around driver updates as most of the time they are completely harmless and beneficial, but sometimes a new driver can bring system stability problems or even cause Windows to refuse to boot.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.tweaks.com\/img\/article\/wushowhide4.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you ever suffer form a bad driver update, Microsoft has a solution. &nbsp;First you will need to revert back to an earlier state by using recovery tools or simply uninstalling the update. &nbsp;Then, Microsoft has a special tool available that will block the bad update from getting installed automatically again.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/kb\/3073930\">Windows Update Show Hide troubleshooting package<\/a>\u00a0from KB article 3073930 was created exactly for this purpose. \u00a0Simply\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/kb\/3073930\">download<\/a>\u00a0the file and double click to launch the troubleshooter.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click Next on the welcome screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.tweaks.com\/img\/article\/wushowhide1.png\" alt=\"Windows Update Show Hide drivers in Windows 10\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The utility will be scanning for available updates to block.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.tweaks.com\/img\/article\/wushowhide2.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Select the Hide Updates button. &nbsp;You can also un-hide previous updates with the second option if you want to reverse any actions you have previously taken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.tweaks.com\/img\/article\/wushowhide3.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Check the box next to the update you want to hide and click Next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.tweaks.com\/img\/article\/wushowhide4.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After a minute, the utility will complete.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.tweaks.com\/img\/article\/wushowhide5.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Say goodbye to the automatic update loop!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the release of Windows 10, Microsoft has taken an\u00a0aggressive approach to driver, functionality and security updates to simplify maintaining an up-to-date PC. \u00a0One of Microsoft&#8217;s biggest headaches are the millions of Windows PCs that are missing patching resulting in a bad user experience and major security issues. \u00a0With Windows 10, Microsoft is automatically installing <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/?p=2622\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-microsoft","category-windows-7-8-10"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2622"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2624,"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2622\/revisions\/2624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}