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Preventing a driver update
I have a USB to Serial adapter that uses the file Ser2pl64.sys as a
driver. The problem I have is the old version works with the hardware, and newer versions do not. I can remove the new driver and install the old one each time it gets updated, but that is a pain. I looked for a means of preventing the updating of the driver by Windows 10, but they do not apply to the Home version. That being said, I made the correct version driver READ ONLY. My question is this: Will doing so prevent the updating of the file? Or can Windows overwrite the READ ONLY file? |
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Ken wrote:
I have a USB to Serial adapter that uses the file Ser2pl64.sys as a driver. The problem I have is the old version works with the hardware, and newer versions do not. I can remove the new driver and install the old one each time it gets updated, but that is a pain. I looked for a means of preventing the updating of the driver by Windows 10, but they do not apply to the Home version. That being said, I made the correct version driver READ ONLY. My question is this: Will doing so prevent the updating of the file? Or can Windows overwrite the READ ONLY file? If your OS doesn't have Control Panels, type "control" in Cortana search hole. http://www.laptopmag.com/articles/di...-on-windows-10 Articles like that are not going to get updated from release to release, so Caveat Emptor. Paul |
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On 5/23/2017 2:10 PM, Ken wrote:
I have a USB to Serial adapter that uses the file Ser2pl64.sys as a driver. The problem I have is the old version works with the hardware, and newer versions do not. I can remove the new driver and install the old one each time it gets updated, but that is a pain. I looked for a means of preventing the updating of the driver by Windows 10, but they do not apply to the Home version. That being said, I made the correct version driver READ ONLY. My question is this: Will doing so prevent the updating of the file? Or can Windows overwrite the READ ONLY file? We installed this on some computers https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...urce%3Dtwitter -- 2017: The year we lean to play the great game of Euchre |
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On 5/23/2017 11:46 AM, Keith Nuttle wrote:
On 5/23/2017 2:10 PM, Ken wrote: I have a USB to Serial adapter that uses the file Ser2pl64.sys as a driver. The problem I have is the old version works with the hardware, and newer versions do not. I can remove the new driver and install the old one each time it gets updated, but that is a pain. I looked for a means of preventing the updating of the driver by Windows 10, but they do not apply to the Home version. That being said, I made the correct version driver READ ONLY. My question is this: Will doing so prevent the updating of the file? Or can Windows overwrite the READ ONLY file? We installed this on some computers https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...urce%3Dtwitter Problem with these solutions is that they fix it AFTER it screwed up your system. I had issues with display drivers. Difficult to uninstall a display driver if the display don't work. Telling the OS not to install the vendor applications and icons doesn't help if windows update fails and rewards you with no driver, a defective driver or some default that doesn't work. Not installing vendor apps and icons didn't seem to be the same as, "Quit f^&%ing with my working system dammit!!" |
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Paul wrote:
Ken wrote: I have a USB to Serial adapter that uses the file Ser2pl64.sys as a driver. The problem I have is the old version works with the hardware, and newer versions do not. I can remove the new driver and install the old one each time it gets updated, but that is a pain. I looked for a means of preventing the updating of the driver by Windows 10, but they do not apply to the Home version. That being said, I made the correct version driver READ ONLY. My question is this: Will doing so prevent the updating of the file? Or can Windows overwrite the READ ONLY file? If your OS doesn't have Control Panels, type "control" in Cortana search hole. http://www.laptopmag.com/articles/di...-on-windows-10 Articles like that are not going to get updated from release to release, so Caveat Emptor. Paul Does this apply to all updates, or just a specific one?? I was hoping to stop a specific driver update. |
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On 24/5/2017 2:10 AM, Ken wrote:
I have a USB to Serial adapter that uses the file Ser2pl64.sys as a driver. The problem I have is the old version works with the hardware, and newer versions do not. I can remove the new driver and install the old one each time it gets updated, but that is a pain. I looked for a means of preventing the updating of the driver by Windows 10, but they do not apply to the Home version. That being said, I made the correct version driver READ ONLY. My question is this: Will doing so prevent the updating of the file? Or can Windows overwrite the READ ONLY file? If you google "windows 10 disable driver update", here is the first result: http://winsupersite.com/windows-10/s...tes-windows-10 -- @~@ Remain silent! Drink, Blink, Stretch! Live long and prosper!! / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! /( _ )\ May the Force and farces be with you! ^ ^ (x86_64 Ubuntu 9.10) Linux 2.6.39.3 不借貸! 不詐騙! 不援交! 不打交! 不打劫! 不自殺! 請考慮綜援 (CSSA): http://www.swd.gov.hk/tc/index/site_...sub_addressesa |
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Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
On 24/5/2017 2:10 AM, Ken wrote: I have a USB to Serial adapter that uses the file Ser2pl64.sys as a driver. The problem I have is the old version works with the hardware, and newer versions do not. I can remove the new driver and install the old one each time it gets updated, but that is a pain. I looked for a means of preventing the updating of the driver by Windows 10, but they do not apply to the Home version. That being said, I made the correct version driver READ ONLY. My question is this: Will doing so prevent the updating of the file? Or can Windows overwrite the READ ONLY file? If you google "windows 10 disable driver update", here is the first result: http://winsupersite.com/windows-10/s...tes-windows-10 Appreciate the tip, but there is one drawback: "It also appears this is an all or none choice so no flexibility to select which hardware to automatically or manually update." I was hoping to limit the impact to only one driver. Does anyone know if making the driver "Read Only" accomplishes this??? If it does, then I would think the effort to update the driver would not work. |
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Ken wrote:
Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote: On 24/5/2017 2:10 AM, Ken wrote: I have a USB to Serial adapter that uses the file Ser2pl64.sys as a driver. The problem I have is the old version works with the hardware, and newer versions do not. I can remove the new driver and install the old one each time it gets updated, but that is a pain. I looked for a means of preventing the updating of the driver by Windows 10, but they do not apply to the Home version. That being said, I made the correct version driver READ ONLY. My question is this: Will doing so prevent the updating of the file? Or can Windows overwrite the READ ONLY file? If you google "windows 10 disable driver update", here is the first result: http://winsupersite.com/windows-10/s...tes-windows-10 Appreciate the tip, but there is one drawback: "It also appears this is an all or none choice so no flexibility to select which hardware to automatically or manually update." I was hoping to limit the impact to only one driver. Does anyone know if making the driver "Read Only" accomplishes this??? If it does, then I would think the effort to update the driver would not work. In my opinion, you're overthinking this. 1) Windows provides automatic driver updates. Yippee! 2) Users can install their own drivers. If I'm a gamer, I want the latest NVidia driver from "geforce.com". It will be more recent, the bug fix could be better, than the one Windows just installed. If you don't like the way Windows is running the show, just flip that switch, and "take ownership" of drivers. Now, you own all of them. I've never had an insurmountable problem here, when I've owned that stuff. Will you regret this ? In my opinion, video drivers are the most likely to foul up. And good drivers are available from their manufacturers (NVidia/AMD/Intel). I might have second thoughts, if my Wifi was currently flaky and I was expecting Microsoft to magically emit the right driver fix for me. But in a lot of other situations, switching off drivers completely, you won't know or care that unnecessary driver updates are no longer coming in. Paul |
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On 25/5/2017 12:34 AM, Ken wrote:
Appreciate the tip, but there is one drawback: "It also appears this is an all or none choice so no flexibility to select which hardware to automatically or manually update." I was hoping to limit the impact to only one driver. Does anyone know if making the driver "Read Only" accomplishes this??? If it does, then I would think the effort to update the driver would not work. Even the automatic driver download was disabled (aka turning off the master weapon switch), there is still a dialogue for you to manually request Win 10 to download drivers from Window$ Update for specific hardware. Try it! -- @~@ Remain silent! Drink, Blink, Stretch! Live long and prosper!! / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! /( _ )\ May the Force and farces be with you! ^ ^ (x86_64 Ubuntu 9.10) Linux 2.6.39.3 不借貸! 不詐騙! 不援交! 不打交! 不打劫! 不自殺! 請考慮綜援 (CSSA): http://www.swd.gov.hk/tc/index/site_...sub_addressesa |
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