Need help disabling Automatic Driver Installation in Win8

Wkizzle

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Okay, so here is an issue I have never ran into before with any Windows Operating system, including Windows 7. I am doing some testing on my computer, and I'm trying to do a *CLEAN* install of my video drivers. I uninstall all of the relevant drivers from Programs and Features. After that, I restart my computer. Upon restart, Windows decides it wants to automatically install the default drivers that it comes with.

Fair enough. I go to Device Manager and uninstall the drivers manually, stating that I want to delete those drivers as well. Restart. Windows, again, decides it wants to install the default drivers.

Okay. I go into System Settings, Advanced Settings, and I change the Settings so that Windows no longer looks for drivers via Windows Update. Re-uninstall all drivers (again, specifying that I wish to delete the drivers) and restart. Window STILL persists in installing default drivers. At this point I'm getting desperate, so I go into gpedit.msc and disable automatic installation of devices. Restart. This resolves the issue, but the problem with altering this setting is now I cannot manually install those drivers as well. As soon as I reenable the setting, Windows immediately starts reinstalling the default video drivers.

I'm at a loss. I have no idea how to prevent Windows 8 from auto installing video drivers. Is there a setting that I can change that will prevent Windows from automatically searching for what it perceives to be new hardware? If I can change that, then I may be able to manually install my drivers without overlapping old drivers.

Anyone know how to accomplish this? Thank you.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro 64-Bit
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II 955 (Black)
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte 990FXA-UD5
    Memory
    8GB G.Skill Sniper Series
    Graphics Card(s)
    Geforce 550 TI x 2 (SLI)
Also disabled Universal Plug and Play in Services; Windows still installs the default drivers. I decided to just manually select Basic Display Adapter in Device Manager and install on both of my video cards. I do not like this method, but hopefully it works for my intents and purposes.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro 64-Bit
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II 955 (Black)
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte 990FXA-UD5
    Memory
    8GB G.Skill Sniper Series
    Graphics Card(s)
    Geforce 550 TI x 2 (SLI)
How exactly do you expect the OS to boot if it doesn't have a video driver? Windows has to install at least the default driver, otherwise it will not be able to function.

I don't understand what you mean by "overlapping old drivers"? What problem are you trying to solve?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    CPU
    Intel i7 3770K
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte Z77X-UD4 TH
    Memory
    16GB DDR3 1600
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVidia GTX 650
    Sound Card
    Onboard Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Auria 27" IPS + 2x Samsung 23"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440 + 2x 2048x1152
    Hard Drives
    Corsair m4 256GB, 2 WD 2TB drives
    Case
    Antec SOLO II
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000
    Mouse
    Logitech MX
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