![]() ![]() right before installing Windows Updates or another program which might be somewhat risky. The incidental images are for cases where I need an image outside of the regular schedule, f.i. The weekly images are deleted 8 weeks after they have been made. I make 3 types of images on every computer I have: weekly, monthly and incidental images. I don’t remember whether this option can be selected after Win 10 is installed.Ī personal piece of advice that has saved my b*tt many times: make regular images of your computer(s). ![]() Especially if during the initial installation, the option not to download and install driver updates through Microsoft Updates was selected. Otherwise, I find preventing drivers from being messed with by MS Updates is fairly straightforward in Windows 10. Again, to play it safe, these available updates can be hidden. These available patches also don’t automatically install when Windows Update is run, since the features themselves are not installed. I also find that even on devices where such features as Silverlight are not installed, patches for these features may be listed in wushowhide above the current CU listing. Especially true for 2-in-1s and tablets, which use all-inclusive “System” or SoC driver packages and custom firmware. With drivers, unless the manufacturer (for the specific driver) has issued a Security Update, the old advice “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” still applies. Or to lack things like touchscreen or sound when restarted after a driver update based on DriverMax guidance. This lack of specific matching has caused more than one driver obtained through the guidance of DriverMax to make my PCs unbootable. DriverMax lists any newer version for any detected driver, whether or not the newer driver applies to the specific hardware, overall device configuration or OS Version on the device. Using DriverMax to identify new versions of installed and working drivers is unwise. Anything listed above the CU is not likely to install, but may be hidden just to stay safe. I would definitely hide anything below the CU in the list which looks like a driver. These can (and on one of my PCs, did) install automatically when Windows 10 Windows Update is run. But I have to watch for any drivers which show up below the CU. In Windows 10, when wushowhide displays the available updates (running in the “Hide Updates” direction) my experience shows that drivers listed above the current Cumulative Update tend not to be automatically installed when Windows Update is run. ![]()
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