Windows 7 driver Disable automatic installation Update method detailed

The default setting for Windows 7 is to open the driver Auto matching installation, and the shutdown and open methods are as follows:
1, click the lower left corner menu, select equipment and printer
You can also open the item in Control Panel, as shown in the following figure.

2, to find their own computer icon, for device installation settings
Find the computer icon and click the right mouse button in the pop-up menu to choose Device installation settings, note that the name here to choose the right, look at the icon for a stand-alone, like the following vertical icon refers to the current computer, if you are not sure, please refer to the following illustrations to find their own computer name.

3. Find your own Computer name method (insert)
Click the Start menu, click the right mouse button on the computer, select Properties, you can see the System Properties window has its own computer name, domain and workgroup settings, such as the test-pc in the following image is the name of the computer.

Control Panel-System and security-system properties (partial diagram):

4, the installation of equipment to shut down and open
In the device installation settings, choose No, let me select the action to perform, there are three single options, the meaning is very clear, choose the bottom one never install the option, so that the next time you insert a "strange" device windows 7 will not actively search for the installation of the best driver. The next time you want Windows 7 to automatically install the driver, you only need to set it up here, and the default is to automatically perform the operation (recommended).

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In addition, you can open the above window by opening the Control Panel--System and security--system window, click on the left side of the advanced system equipment, select the Hardware tab, click the device installation settings can reach the above figure position, the following figure.


The manual installation of Windows 7 drivers is also simple, when Windows 7 discovers new hardware, it reports a driver installation failure prompt, requires the user to modify the installation settings, or installs itself manually, as in the following window (unknown device in Device Manager).
1, find unknown equipment or need to update the driving hardware list
Open Device Manager (left), you can see the need to install the drive device (of course, if the device has been plugged in, if necessary, but also need to connect the power, the virtual driver will not say can be installed directly), the following figure.

2, update the driver
Right-click on the Unknown device (if you need to update the driver method for an existing known device, for example, update the Realtek RTL drive below), right-click on the item and select Update Driver software to eject the following window.

Since we disable the Windows 7-driven automatic installation to manually install our own drivers, we choose to browse the computer here to find the driver software. The following figure:

Click Browse to locate their intended driver location, so for commonly used computer device drivers, including cameras, modems, graphics cards, card boards and so on, the best usual backup of the habit, when needed. The driver is best to use the original device with the driver, generally by the equipment manufacturers to provide, it is not found to try Windows 7 system with its own drive, or to find the universal drive on the network. After selecting, click Next, the following image is a security verification warning, mainly check the driver signature, most of the equipment is unsigned, and is the manual installation of their own, the problem is not large, only need to click Always install this driver software to complete the installation.