How do I tell Windows Update to not check for updates for my GPU drivers?

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Windows 8.1 at work (no group policies) wants me to update my GPU drivers through Windows Update (it appears in my optional updates list). I'd rather do this manually since it gives me more control over what exactly is installed. Is there a way to tell Windows Update (the desktop version, not the Modern UI version) to not check for GPU driver updates?

My GPU is an AMD Radeon 7500-7600M series.

The official name for the update is "Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. - Graphics Adapter WDDM1.3 - AMD Radeon HD 7500M/7600M Series" and It's been released in July,2014.

screenshot of the update:

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 25 '14 at 18:28

The only solution I know of is a bit of killing a fly with a cannon. You will need to get a server edition of windows on your network and install the Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). What this does is allow you to have fine grained control of what updates are presented/installed to each computer on the network that uses the server as its update server (the server can be set by local settings or via GPOs).

It won't give you fine enough grained control to only stop GPU drivers, but you can turn off all driver updates but leaving on the rest of the updates you would get through the windows update system.

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 25 '14 at 12:36

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One way you could do this is to is to hit the windows key+q and go to "change device installation settings" and tell windows to not search for driver updates.

answered Jul 25 '14 at 12:36

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How do I tell Windows Update to not check for updates for my GPU drivers?

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