Windows 7 makes many things easier to work with than previous Windows versions of the operating system, But sometimes it can perform quite aggressively when it comes to detecting, downloading, and installing device drivers for newly discovered hardware. Sometimes this can be a problem.
Windows 7 users may prefer to install device drivers manually and would prefer that the operating system not interact automatically with the new devices. As a matter of fact there are some options you can use to prevent Windows 7 from dowing this.
Start by clicking on Start>Control Panel>Hardware and Sound>Devices and Printers.
Control Panel
Select the option showing in the image. Then you will get the following screen.
Select the PC
This window contains multiple icons that represent the devices that are connected and available to your PC. They include the monitor, keyboard, mouse, printer, external storage disks.
So next you must locate the icon which represents your computer. The name of your computer is not My Computer but the actual individual name of your computer, which appears on a network.
Next select the device installation settings, as shown below.
Device Installation Settings
Next select the appropriate options from the device driver screen.
Device Driver Installation Options
Here users have three options to select from. Option number one allows Windows 7 to always install the best driver from Windows Update operation. If you want Windows to go to Windows Update and download and install a driver whenever a new device is detected this is the option to take.
Now option number two is more conservative. Windows 7 will first take any local driver that is on your computer and install that before going to Windows Update to search for a useable driver,to download, and instal.
Finally option number three is the most conservative. Select this one if you want to prevent Windows 7 from automatically downloading and installing the device drivers or if you always want to manually install drivers yourself.
