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    Windows 7 How do I stop Windows automatically installing drivers for new devices?

    Success! :p I had to right-click on device and 'update driver' -> browse computer -> let me pick from a list -> select an different name for the device (this is what it was called under XP - Windows 7 insisted on loading it as something else which was causing the problem) -> have disk ->...
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    Windows 7 How do I stop Windows automatically installing drivers for new devices?

    Thanks for your reply. I don't see a 'new device wizard'. It just finds the new hardware, which appears in the device manager list with a yellow triangle over it, then, a second later the triangle disappears as it installs the driver. I get no option to install a driver manually.
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    Windows 7 How do I stop Windows automatically installing drivers for new devices?

    Hi all, this is my first post - hope someone can help! Since upgrading from XP I've been unable to get my wireless internet connection working. I've tried everything except try different drivers for my NIC. And this is my problem: Windows automatically downloaded and installed the...
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