Windows 11 is keep installing the wrong AMD driver

If you contact AMD Support and follow all their instructions, getting their driver to work includes shutting down Windows' automatic driver installations (their own). Even after you get everything ironed out, Microsoft keeps resetting your changes back to what they want every time they run an update. Sorry, the problem lies right at the feet of Monopoly Microsoft.

I have built my own computers since the 1980s, so all of them have been OEM, using the best components available, for example Asus motherboards. I have only had regular and consistent problems with Microsoft - ever. You can search here and you will find myriad cram-down nanny nonsense all over the place. The evidence is monumental. It's past time to drag them into Antitrust litigation.

I posted on here that I was going to turn windows update back on, on the 10th of December now I realize I never turned windows update back off and it had not over written my AMD driver. I don't know if there was an update to fix this or what but it is super weird.

Its not as straight forward as laying all the blame at Microsofts feet because (at least in my case) the laptop manufacturer (known as an OEM) has their own 'customised' graphics drivers for my laptop. They do NOT want complaints about their hardware not working properly because end users are installing the default Radeon drivers which don't have those same customisation tweaks that the OEM gives them.

As one example I did find a previous Radeon driver (a few months back now) actually caused the laptop to reboot - it seemed as if it was directing the gpu to draw more current than the hardware was designed to give it on this portable device. Newer Radeon drivers haven't had this problem but the OEM provided drivers never had it in the first place.

Going forward, if installing the latest generic AMD website sourced Radeon drivers can't be made to come with a (more obvious) disclaimer on installation that on experiencing any graphics related faults, users should revert to OEM provided drivers and test again, Microsofts Windows Update should AT LEAST install the very latest OEM provided driver. I've had it 'update' my one week old 2022 AMD website sourced Radeon driver with not the few months older (also 2022) OEM provided Radeon driver but one from 2021. This stopped two games from running. I think a key thing is having OEM provided drivers that are very recent and support new/updated games. Also Microsoft needs to be razor sharp with Windows 'Update' to not revert beyond the latest OEM drivers and if they can't do this, make such Windows Updates 'tick box optional'.

It does come across as heavy handed and a PR disaster when Windows Update forces you into an older driver that breaks things and stops games from running when the newest AMD website sourced driver had them running perfectly.

You're absolutely right. Microsoft needs to stop these nonsense cram-down-your-throat changes without giving you the option to refuse them. We're forced to waste enormous time and energy to undo their nanny ****. They have to stop their monopoly BS.

That is so weird I don't know what is going on now because I just updated windows on my laptop and it didn't mess with the driver now.