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Don't search hardware drivers in Windows Update

This tweak fits for Windows 10
Don't search hardware drivers in Windows Update - WinTuning Utilities: Optimize, boost, maintain and recovery Windows 7, 10, 8 - All-in-One Utility

Tweak description
By default Windows detects the necessary device drivers through Windows Update service. If you enable this tweak, drivers have to be installed manually.

Root key in Registry
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

Path to modified parameter in Registry
\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DriverSearching\

Modified parameter
DontSearchWindowsUpdate

Parameter type
Boolean

Tweak value
1

Default value
0 (or you may just delete it)

This tweak fits for operating systems as follows

Windows 10	+
Windows 8	+
Windows 7	-
Windows Vista	-

This tweak fits for Windows 8
Don't search hardware drivers in Windows Update - This tweak fits for Windows 8

Note
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