How to make Vista NOT Restore old video driver versions

schuc · 06-04-2009, 08:19 AM

Hi All

I was having a problem on a Dell laptop running Vista Home with an Nvidia video driver. I got the right driver installed....but within a day or two(and may successful reboots), Vista decides at some point that the driver is wrong and tries to 'fix it' automatically and then the video is all messed up. The screen will just be blank/black upon the auto reboot.

So, can someone guide how to tell Vista that the driver I have on *IS* good and to not try and restore an old version?

Thanks for your help

joeten · 06-04-2009, 04:19 PM

hi and welcome to TSF have you tried going to device manager, sound,video and game controllers click the + to expand the view right click on the driver and choose disable then install the driver you need

schuc · 06-04-2009, 04:41 PM

Thanks for the reply... I recently found the solution and fixed my friend's computer.

To make Vista ASK or simply ignore driver checks and updates:

Right-click "Computer" then "Properties" then go to "System Protection"
there will be a UAC prompt, allow it, then click the 'Hardware" tab. Click
"Windows update driver settings" reset it to "Ask me each time...." or
"Never check..." OK it and exit.

It would be great if this option was available per driver instead of system wide, so I just set it to ASK and any changes to the Video driver can be ignored.

06-04-2009, 08:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
schuc Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 2 OS: XP	How to make Vista NOT Restore old video driver versions Hi All I was having a problem on a Dell laptop running Vista Home with an Nvidia video driver. I got the right driver installed....but within a day or two(and may successful reboots), Vista decides at some point that the driver is wrong and tries to 'fix it' automatically and then the video is all messed up. The screen will just be blank/black upon the auto reboot. So, can someone guide how to tell Vista that the driver I have on IS good and to not try and restore an old version? Thanks for your help Last edited by schuc; 06-04-2009 at 08:22 AM. Reason: Made Title more clear

06-04-2009, 04:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
joeten Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 3,146 OS: vista	Re: How to make Vista NOT Restore old video driver versions hi and welcome to TSF have you tried going to device manager, sound,video and game controllers click the + to expand the view right click on the driver and choose disable then install the driver you need __________________

06-04-2009, 04:41 PM	#3 (permalink)
schuc Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 2 OS: XP	Re: How to make Vista NOT Restore old video driver versions Thanks for the reply... I recently found the solution and fixed my friend's computer. To make Vista ASK or simply ignore driver checks and updates: Right-click "Computer" then "Properties" then go to "System Protection" there will be a UAC prompt, allow it, then click the 'Hardware" tab. Click "Windows update driver settings" reset it to "Ask me each time...." or "Never check..." OK it and exit. It would be great if this option was available per driver instead of system wide, so I just set it to ASK and any changes to the Video driver can be ignored.