Hello,

I have searched many threads complaining about realtek audio drivers, but i believe i did not found any on this subject (if i'm wrong, my apologies, please post a link).

As i encouter problems with realtek drivers, i want to ged rid of it.

(For the information, the problems is i have no sound unless i'm on stereo, which is sad with 5.1 sound installation ... and windows driver works perfectly.)

To uninstall, i have a very efficient way (for those interested, as i noticed some threads about how to remove it) : just launch a realtek HD audio driver installer. It will do two steps : 1- uninstall current driver 2-install new driver, with a reboot after each step. I just let step 1 act, then before rebooting, i just deactivate the launch of realtek installation at restart and eveything is fine ... until for some reasons, it misteriously appears again several days later ( 3 to 15 i would say). Note : i use my computer about 5 hours per day.

I deactivated the autoinstallation of drivers by windows, but it didn't changed a thing.

Any ideas ?

• Edited by GuiBern Saturday, May 23, 2015 9:02 PM correction

Are you aware of this method ?

Answer is given by a forum moderator in another forum.

How to block automatic reinstall of a driver from Windows Update

• Proposed as answer by Michael ShaoMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator Wednesday, May 20, 2015 7:24 AM
• Marked as answer by Karen HuMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator Thursday, May 21, 2015 5:56 AM
• Unmarked as answer by GuiBern Saturday, May 23, 2015 12:33 PM
• Unproposed as answer by GuiBern Monday, May 25, 2015 8:50 AM

Hello,

No, i wasn't aware of this. I ran it, and the driver is now indicated "hidden". I'll reply again in a few days to indicate whether the driver appeared again or not, but i hope it should be ok now !

Thanks a lot for your answer !

You are welcome.

Even if the driver reappears..............

(excerpt) : The script should provide the option to block drivers available for installation.

• Edited by david hk129 Wednesday, May 20, 2015 1:42 AM

The lovely bugged driver appeared again ... so it was not the solution :/

The lovely bugged driver appeared again ... so it was not the solution :/

My last reply was as follow :

Even if the driver reappears..............

(excerpt) : The script should provide the option to block drivers available for installation.

..........................................................................................................................

So, does the script block the installation ? Do you get the option to hide it again ?

If yes to the above, then that is what the script is for.

The script cannot stop unwanted drivers from being offered to install. It just stop the unwanted drivers from being installed.

• Edited by david hk129 Saturday, May 23, 2015 12:55 PM

So, does the script block the installation ? Do you get the option to hide it again ?

If the driver is back, i suppose it did not block the installation ...

about the option to hide it again : If i run the script as simple user, i see that realtek is now "currently not hidden". small problem : if i run the script as admin, i have popups instead of simple text in the CMD window, and after the first popup (about shared fax driver) i have an error, code 80070006 .. line 25, 4th char (there should be the realtek driver in 2nd place).

I also tried something stupid, but could work : created folders with the same name the driver creates (Realtek in both application folders) and modified rights so only my account, and not admin, system and trusted installer could do anything with it .. let's see what it does.

GuiBern,

You may check the KB article below and check if that methods would work here:

How to stop Windows 7 automatically installing drivers

That methods is for Windows 7, but we can give it a try in Windows 10, option is still there.

Regards

Michael Shao,

I already tried deactivating driver installation through the control panel (method 1 of your link) so this in no use.

I just used method 2 with gpedit, and i'll keep everybody updated if the driver appears or not in the next days.

Thx for answering, Best regards.

• Edited by GuiBern Monday, May 25, 2015 8:50 AM correction

GuiBern,

Any update here?

Regards

Michael Shao,

Driver as yet not reappeared, but I would not consider 3 days as enough to be certain I am rid of it.

I'll post again next Monday, and if the driver is still not here, I'll list the solutions that I used to avoid it, to make things clearer for other people.

Regards

On my home PC, build 10074, a working version of Realtek HD Audio driver was installed from Windows Updates last week. So this is not the answer to the question how to block it, but you can check if blocking is not longer necessary.