Driver Fusion News

One of the most frequently heard complaints about Microsoft's Windows 10 is the forced download and installation of driver updates through Windows Update. In previous versions of Windows you were presented with a list of (driver) updates and could uncheck an update if you wanted to. While this change might seem useful for users that never update their drivers, there are several reasons why you do not want Microsoft to control the drivers that are installed on your computer, such as:

• You want to use an older driver because it works better.
• You have software installed that relies on another driver.
• You encountered system problems caused by the driver from Windows Update.
• You have a newer driver than the driver provided through Windows Update.

Because all driver updates are enforced by Microsoft, you cannot roll back to a previous version as Windows Update will download and install the driver again.

With Driver Fusion you can disable automatic and mandatory driver updates in Windows 10. This feature also works in Windows Vista, 7, 8 and 8.1. Once you have opened Driver Fusion, go to the settings  and select the advanced settings . You can then change how Windows driver updates are installed by changing the setting in to Never install driver software from Windows Update . After you have changed this setting you will have to restart your computer for the changes to take effect.

Changing how Windows driver updates are installed.

Unfortunately, some driver updates that are already discovered by Windows Update might still be installed after this change. This does not happen on every computer and you only need to continue with this guide in case a driver is still being installed without your consent. In order to prevent such drivers from being installed you can download the Show or hide updates troubleshooter package from Microsoft.

Using the show or hide updates troubleshooter from Microsoft.


Once you have opened the troubleshooter, select Advanced , make sure Apply repairs automatically is checked and select Next. The next screen will ask you if you want to Hide updates or Show hidden updates. You should select the Hide updates , unless you want to undo an update that you have hidden. The troubleshooter will now scan your computer for available updates and show you a list of updates that can be hidden . Make sure that you only select driver updates and ignore all regular Windows updates. Even though the troubleshooter can hide these updates as well, we do not recommend this as regular updates often contain software and security fixes. Once you have selected the driver updates that you want to hide, click on Next and then Close. Even though it is not necessary for most computers, we recommend you to restart your computer. Future updates that are added to Windows Update should be hidden automatically by the change made in Driver Fusion.

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Today, we are happy to announce that Driver Fusion 3.2 is now available for download. This release marks the beginning of improving driver family. More information can be found below.

New features:

• Driver family - Community suggested feature - Added a lot of new driver family entries for AMD graphic cards, NVIDIA graphic cards and NVIDIA PhysX. Driver Fusion is now again able to detect and delete everything of importance that is installed by their installers.

Changed features:

• Device control - Improved the results and performance of retrieving device and driver properties.
• Driver family - Improved the reliability and performance of searching and deleting driver family entries.

Resolved issues:

• Device control & health check - A backup of a driver with a WHQL signature could occasionally show an unverified driver message during installation due to files being included that did not belong to the driver.
• Device control & health check - A backup of a driver that linked to another driver could in some cases not include all necessary files.
• Device control - A couple of device and driver properties were never listed.
• Device control - Retrieving device and driver properties could occasionally cause Driver Fusion to freeze or close unintentionally.
• Device control - Messages could in some cases be shown with incorrect punctuation.

For all Driver Fusion Premium users, your installation will update automatically.

We are thrilled to announce Driver Fusion 3.1, which can be downloaded right now. This update comes with full support for the recently released Windows 10. More information can be found below.

New features:

• Windows - Driver Fusion is now fully compatible with Windows 10.
  
• Localization - Added 5 new languages: Filipino (Philippines), Irish (Ireland), Sesotho sa Leboa (South Africa), Sinhalese (Sri Lanka), and Tajiki (Afghanistan and Tajikistan).
  
• Driver family - Community suggested feature - Added a driver family for Rivet Networking, the company behind products such as the Killer E2200 and Killer E2400.
  
• Driver family - Community suggested feature - The installed driver families option is now remembered. If you cancel while the installed driver families are loading, it will revert to all driver families.
  

Changed features:

• Device control & health check - Improved finding drivers, which increases the number of (outdated) drivers found on most systems.
  
• Device control - Improved the results and performance of device identifier.
  
• Monitor - Community suggested feature - Added support for the ITE IT8620E.
  
• Interface - Community suggested feature - Most controls will now regain focus after it has been lost due to loading content.
  

Resolved issues:

• Device control - Copying device or driver information to the clipboard could occasionally cause Driver Fusion to freeze or close unintentionally.
  
• Device control - Device overview could in some cases show unreadable device information.
  
• Device control - Unknown devices could in some cases be hidden from the user.
  
• Health check - Outdated drivers could occasionally find the driver that was already installed.
  
• Driver family - Deleting driver family entries could in some cases get stuck at 0%.
  
• Interface - The verification dialog screen could occasionally focus on the wrong control.
  
• Interface - The escape key did not always close the dialog screen.
  
• Interface - The tab key could occasionally focus on controls behind the dialog screen.
  

We are thrilled to announce Driver Fusion 3.1, which can be downloaded right now. This update comes with full support for the recently released Windows 10. More information can be found below.

New features:

• Windows - Driver Fusion is now fully compatible with Windows 10.
  
• Localization - Added 5 new languages: Filipino (Philippines), Irish (Ireland), Sesotho sa Leboa (South Africa), Sinhalese (Sri Lanka), and Tajiki (Afghanistan and Tajikistan).
  
• Driver family - Community suggested feature - Added a driver family for Rivet Networking, the company behind products such as the Killer E2200 and Killer E2400.
  
• Driver family - Community suggested feature - The installed driver families option is now remembered. If you cancel while the installed driver families are loading, it will revert to all driver families.
  

Changed features:

• Device control & health check - Improved finding drivers, which increases the number of (outdated) drivers found on most systems.
  
• Device control - Improved the results and performance of device identifier.
  
• Monitor - Community suggested feature - Added support for the ITE IT8620E.
  
• Interface - Community suggested feature - Most controls will now regain focus after it has been lost due to loading content.
  

Resolved issues:

• Device control - Copying device or driver information to the clipboard could occasionally cause Driver Fusion to freeze or close unintentionally.
  
• Device control - Device overview could in some cases show unreadable device information.
  
• Device control - Unknown devices could in some cases be hidden from the user.
  
• Health check - Outdated drivers could occasionally find the driver that was already installed.
  
• Driver family - Deleting driver family entries could in some cases get stuck at 0%.
  
• Interface - The verification dialog screen could occasionally focus on the wrong control.
  
• Interface - The escape key did not always close the dialog screen.
  
• Interface - The tab key could occasionally focus on controls behind the dialog screen.