All,
As Microsoft still haven't fixed the issue introduced with the May UEFI update I'm putting a little update here.
As everyone who's tried the little fix I put in will know, Windows Update INSISTS on re-installing the broken driver after a couple of days. Fortunately, you can take control of Windows Update.
Now I DO NOT RECOMMEND this as a long term fix. Microsoft regularly release updates to the anti-virus/anti-malware signatures. But at least you can take control and update stuff on your terms, instead of having to rollback the driver every 2 days.
This is a registry fix. Rather than attach files, I think that it is better to post it directly so that everyone can create the files themselves. It's very simple, and very straight-forward. I never download registry files without fully understanding what
they do first, and you shouldn't either!
There are 2 files to create. They can be built using notepad. Below there are two pieces of text. They will be separated by two lines of "=" (Equal) signs. Copy everything between the lines into two separate files. You will need to make sure that they are
saved as ".reg" files, and NOT notepad's default of ".txt"
Save these files to your desktop.
File 1 - "Turn off Windows Update.reg"
===========================
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update]
"AUOptions"=dword:00000000
===========================
File 2 - "Turn on Windows Update.reg"
===========================
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update]
"AUOptions"=dword:00000004
===========================
Before turning off Windows Update, make sure you're fully updated with everything. It's better to roll back the faulty driver after you switch it off. Basically just double-click on the files. A UAC prompt will appear asking for permission. Click yes to
all the prompts.
There are some side-effects of turning it off. For some weird reason, Office doesn't like it, and One Note acts as if it's the first time you've used it. All your stuff will be there, but One Note will still go through the setup motions the first time you
use it after turning Windows Update off. The other Office apps are well behaved.
The above tweaks only turn off/on Windows update and nothing else. Beware downloading files for doing this that contain any other registry entries. They could be making your machine vulnerable (Not that this doesn't, as you won't receive Windows Defender
updates while Windows Update is off)
I've only included this because WU was driving me bonkers by re-installing the bad driver all the time. I suspect the problem probably won't get fixed until Windows 8.1 is released later this year. In the meantime, we can now turn WU back on during Update
Tuesdays every month, and off again afterwards.
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