How to prevent windows xp from installing a device driver automatically?

[Lisa]

Hi,

How to prevent windows xp from installing a device driver automatically?
Every time I plug my phone it installs the latest driver but I want to be
able to install an old driver for it instead. Some of my test a repair
equipments I used to test these phones are not working with the new driver.

Thank you very much for your time.

Mac

 

[Shenan Stanley]

How to prevent windows xp from installing a device driver
automatically? Every time I plug my phone it installs the latest
driver but I want to be able to install an old driver for it
instead. Some of my test a repair equipments I used to test these
phones are not working with the new driver.
Thank you very much for your time.

If you have installed a driver - and that driver is working - it should not
install anything for it automatically. It shouldn't need to.

 

[Lisa]

Sorry Shenan, I replied to your personal email by mistake. But I really need
help, hope someone would take the time to help me out.

I can't install the old driver over the new one. The new driver was
installed by a new Sony Ericsson software package. Now when I go to and try
to roll back the driver, it does not work and when I try the "update driver"
it says windows can't find a better driver than the one already installed. I
already uninstalled the Sony Ericsson package but every time I uninstall the
new driver and plug the device again windows automatically install the new
driver.

Hope I am able to explain the problem in a way you can understand a
non-techie tell it.

Thanks again.

 

[Steve Cochran]

If you know the name of the driver file, you can delete it from the windows\inf directory (hidden) and then it won't be able to find the drive to install it, so see if you can figure out the name of the driver file. It likely will have an inf extension.

steve

 

[The Seabat]

Right click on My Computer > select Properties > select Hardware tab >
select Windows Update tab > tick radio button for "Never search
Windows Update for drivers". That will stop Windows from trying to
load and acquire unwanted drivers. Now you should be able to roll
back, replace or install new/different drivers.