Obligatory: you can improve your Windows experience by installing Linux.
Non snarky comment: you can disable driver craplets from auto-installing using group policy or the registry.
run gpedit.msc
Computer Configuration
> Administrative Templates
> System
> Device Installation
Prevent automatic download of applications associated with device metadata
= Enabled
That will set the following registry key:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Device Metadata]
"PreventDeviceMetadataFromNetwork"=dword:00000001
Obligatory: you can improve your Windows experience by installing Linux.
Non snarky comment: you can disable driver craplets from auto-installing using group policy or the registry.
That will set the following registry key: