What is Automatic driver update mode?

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In configure/settings/Windows Update there is "automatic driver update mode" wish settings were description at least. What does this mean exactly. I hope if i needed to uninstall some driver that is already included in windows install: it would be reinstalled back on restart! This refers to automatic drivers updates for your devices through Windows Update no? I don't want this behavior, tho no solutions i found ever worked, yet windows install many useless drivers on its own...
 
NTLite manages WU driver updates using the reg key DriverSearching\SearchOrderConfig.

W10/11 is supposed to use ExcludeWUDriversInQualityUpdate, but that doesn't appear to consistently work, unless applied in 4 different places. Some users swear it works perfectly, others disagree. You should probably do your own testing.
 
Yeah i tried like 20 other commands and it never reliably worked!

Which 4 places please?
 
How do i make modification to registry, if i chose to edit a hive, it says above that it does changes directly to image, but i don't see those changed listed in overview under apply! Doesn't let me also add custom .reg file and i already did these changed by editing a hive.
 
OMG i forgot _ characters between HKEY Local Machine! That's why it was putting error 50. Hives on right are if you just want to edit files and then export them to .reg file? As i set it in both locations now, that's probably fine...
 
Normally you don't edit the hives directly. Allow NTLite to merge offline changes from Registry, or add the same reg file in Post-Setup and NTLite will automatically script the reg command for you.

The major difference from Registry and Post-Setup is order of execution. Registry merges changes directly into the mounted image's hives, and Post-Setup applies them on the installed system. For some keys, when a key gets applied does matter. HKCU changes are more likely to get ignored if merged earlier, but will work from Post-Setup (User).
 
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